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 Oct. 16, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Tri County Medical Supply And Respiratory Services Inc., AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 16, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9657, row:796)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Tri-County Medical Supply & Respiratory Services, reported that a former employee improperly disposed of the protected health information (PHI) of 8,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.