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. 15, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- WellMed Medical Management, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 15, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12584, row:3723)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), WellMed Medical Management, Inc., reported that an employee’s vehicle was burglarized and documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 591 individuals, were stolen. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible workforce member.