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Breach notice filed by Reading Health System (April 2014)

Organization named: Reading Health System Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 29, 2014.

Organization as reported
Reading Health System, PA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
April 29, 2014
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15092, row:6231)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A medical practice moved and a vendor/patient stored three boxes of paper medical billing records in the vendor’s crawl space from March 2012 until March 2014. The boxes contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,845 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, insurance information, medical practice billing codes, and diagnoses. Following the breach, the covered entity (CE), Reading Health System, interviewed the vendor/patient and determined no disclosures had occurred. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals and offered all living patients a year of free credit monitoring. The CE established a professionally staffed call

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,845 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 29, 2014, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15092)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Reading Health System Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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