Bay Area Pain Medical Associates

Disclosed Jul 16, 20142,780 affectedConfirmed

The offices of the covered entity (CE), Bay Area Pain Management Associates, were broken into and three desktop computers were stolen. One unencrypted document on a stolen computer contained the names, and dates of service of 2,780 individuals. In response to the breach the CE improved physical safeguards by adding a security alarm system, and increasing security features on doors. The CE improved technical safeguards by implementing an encryption file management program. As a result of OCR’s investigation the CE improved its HIPAA practices.

What is known

People affected	2,780 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jul 16, 2014
Happened	May 19, 2014
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeoag.ca.gov

California Attorney General breach notice: Bay Area Pain Medical Associates

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Bay Area Pain Medical Associates (Healthcare Provider, CA)

Notices filed

Residents of CAJul 16, 2014

California AGCount not stated

TotalJul 16, 2014

HHS archive2,780 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to lost-deviceby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 2780by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The offices of the covered entity (CE), Bay Area Pain Management Associates, were broken into and three desktop computers were stolen. One unencrypted document on a stolen computer contained the names, and dates of service of 2,780 individuby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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