Urology Associates, Professional

The covered entity (CE), Urology Associates, reported that 6,500 individuals were affected by a breach that occurred when unknown individuals broke into a locked storage unit at a secure storage facility where it stored medical records. The boxes containing the medical records had clearly been rifled through, but there was no indication that records were removed. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also provided one year of free credit monitoring to affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE removed the medical records from the storage facility and shredded them after scanning them into a secure encrypted computer database. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.