Rainier Surgical

OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), Rainier Surgical, Inc., after it reported that a file drawer with explanations of benefits containing the protected health information (PHI) of 4,290 individuals was stolen from a warehouse. The PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, explanations of benefits, and in some cases, credit card numbers and social security numbers. Upon discovering the breach, the CE filed a police report. The CE provided substitute notice and media notification in the localities with greater than 500 individuals affected. The CE offered one year of free credit monitoring services to individuals whose social security numbers may have been compromised. Following this breach, the CE retrained employees, reviewed its policies and procedures, and began storing some PHI with an on-site third party secure storage vendor. OCR confirmed that the CE took the actions described above.