NorthStar Anesthesia

Disclosed Jul 20, 201819,807 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), NorthStar Anesthesia, P.A., reported that a subcontractor of its business associate (BA) mailed documents containing protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 19,807 individuals and the PHI involved included names only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

What is known

People affected	19,807 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jul 20, 2018
Happened	Apr 3, 2018
Attack	Insider
Data exposed	NamesHealthInsurance
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticemaine.gov

Maine Attorney General breach notice archive: NorthStar Anesthesia

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): NorthStar Anesthesia (Healthcare Provider, TX)

Notices filed

Residents of MEJul 20, 2018

Maine AG8 people

TotalJul 20, 2018

HHS archive19,807 people

Residents of MEAug 28, 2018

Maine AG1 person

TotalAug 22, 2019

HHS archive19,807 people

History of this record

sector2026-09-25

other to healthby backfillSource

attack2026-09-25

unknown to insiderby backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 19807by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), NorthStar Anesthesia, P.A., reported that a subcontractor of its business associate (BA) mailed documents containing protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 19,807 individualby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

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

disclosed2026-09-25

2018-08-28 to 2018-07-20by backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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