North Texas Heart Center

OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), North Texas Heart Center, after it reported, on behalf of its business associate (BA), Ambucor, that law enforcement discovered mobile computer drives containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,210 individuals in connection with the activities of a former employee. The ePHI included patients’ names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, laboratory results, and other treatment information. Upon discovering the breach, the BA worked with federal law enforcement to recover the mobile devices. OCR obtained a draft copy of the BA's breach notification to individuals and the media. The BA offered one year of free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR initiated a separate investigation of the BA.