COMPLETE MEDICAL HOMECARE

On December 12, 2013, the covered entity’s (CE) business partner, All American Medical Supplies (AAMS) received a portable computer drive containing protected health information (PHI), including electronic copies of medical records from the CE, that was delivered in error. The incident affected approximately 1,700 individuals and the types of PHI included patients’ names, addresses, medical diagnoses, and in some cases social security numbers. Although AAMS accessed the portable drive, it subsequently deleted the data and returned the drive to the CE. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE began developing policies and procedures related to breach notification, training, removal of hardware and electronic media, and encryption and decryption of PHI, and indicated that it would train its workforce on the new policies and procedures once they were implemented. On December 5, 2016, the CE’s former parent company provided written documentation that the CE legally dissolved on December 23, 2015, and has ceased carrying on business.