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. 10, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Total Urology Care of New York PLLC, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Sept. 10, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12695, row:3834)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Total Urology Care of New York, PLLC, reported that a staff member impermissibly downloaded the protected health information (PHI) of 17,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, address, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, lab results, medications prescribed, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI and provided additional training to members of its workforce.