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 March 17, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 17, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12294, row:3433)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, reported that a document containing the names of 994 individuals was disclosed to an unauthorized individual. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved and re-educated its workforce members on safeguarding protected health information.