HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 18, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Pollack, Barbaccia, & Guzman MD PC, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 18, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12639, row:3778)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pollack, Barbaccia, & Guzman, MD, reported that its storage unit was burglarized and several boxes of medical records were stolen. This incident affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,135 individuals and included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards to better protect its PHI.