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 April 19, 2010.
- Organization as reported
- Praxair Healthcare Services, Inc. (Home Care Supply in NY), CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- April 19, 2010
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16070, row:7209)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A laptop computer was stolen from the covered entity's office by a former employee after it had been damaged. The laptop computer contained the PHI of approximately 54,165 individuals. The computer contained a limited amount of PHI, including client names and one or more of the following: addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, insurance provider names and policy numbers, medical diagnostic codes or medical equipment. Following the breach, the covered entity notified all affected individuals, the media, and HHS of the breach. Additionally, the covered entity completed its laptop encryption project to cover all PHI stored on computers in the office. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity reinforcing the requirements of HIPAA to its employees. \