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. 18, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- United States Medical Supply, LLC., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 18, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13178, row:4317)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
United States Medical Supply, the covered entity (CE), reported than an employee sent more than the minimum necessary electronic protected health information (ePHI) to its vendor. In addition, the employee also sent the ePHI to his/her personal email account. This breach affected 674 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, email addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, sanctioned the responsible employee, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.