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 Oct. 31, 2013.
- Organization as reported
- Reimbursement Technologies, Inc., PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Clearing House
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 31, 2013
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15280, row:6419)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An employee of the covered entity (CE), Reimbursement Technologies, Inc., impermissibly accessed the check images of approximately 2,300 patients. The protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included personal check information, including bank routing numbers, names and addresses. Following the breach, the CE terminated the employee and reported the breach to the FBI for further investigation. The CE reviewed all the check images accessed and notified the guarantors and offered credit monitoring. The CE monitored employee check viewing, further identified vulnerabilities, and updated its HIPAA policies and procedures, including requiring the check imaging vendor to truncate bank routing numbers. The CE also improved safeguards by installing a new firewall. OCR obtained assurance that the covered actions listed above were completed.