District Medical Group, Privacy Manager Breach

On December 12, 2014, the covered entity (CE), District Medical Group, reported that when a workforce member used a thumb drive while working from home the contents of the thumb drive became accessible on the Internet. The media device contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 616 individuals. The PHI involved in the breach included names, addresses, social security numbers, transaction amounts and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals and the media. The CE revised its policies and procedures and retrained workforce members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.