Allergy & Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area

The covered entity (CE), Allergy & Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area, Inc., reported that an intruder broke into its office and stole three laptop computers. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,894 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE enhanced its physical safeguards, revised its HIPAA security procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.