Health Share of Oregon

The covered entity (CE), Health Share of Oregon, reported that the office of its business associate was burglarized and six laptop computers were stolen. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 654,362 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new administrative, technical, and security safeguards to prevent future incidents. All workforce members were retrained. Following OCR’s investigation, the CE created a new audit tool to detect the information security needs of its business associates.