Midwest Orthopaedic Center SC

A former affiliate of the covered entity’s (CE) former business associate(BA), McKesson Corporation, that provided specialized billing services, unintentionally made records containing patient information potentially accessible on the Internet. The protected health information (PHI) of approximately 680 individuals was accessible using very specific Google search terms between December 1, 2013 and April 17, 2014. The former BA immediately safeguarded the information and made it inaccessible on the Internet. The former BA confirmed that the web server was properly removed from public Internet access, confirmed from its former affiliate that the data at issue was destroyed, contacted Google to ensure all caches pages were destroyed, and confirmed the information could not be accessed through any web search. The former BA also confirmed with its former affiliate that no other information was available via the computer server at issue or any other server. The CE confirmed that the former BA’s policies related to data security were in compliance with the CE’s data security requirements. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and offered credit m