Healthcare Data Breach Impacts 13 Anesthesia Providers, 380K Individuals

More than 380,000 individuals and 13 anesthesia provider practices were impacted by a healthcare data breach, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal shows.

Breach notifications have been scarce, but one media notice from Anesthesia Associates of El Paso, explained that the breach impacted the practice’s unnamed management company.

“Information stored in the Management Company’s system could include some combination of patient names, addresses, health insurance policy number, Social Security numbers, payment information, and health information such as treatment and diagnosis,” the notice explained.

The notice encouraged patients to monitor their credit reports and financial statements for suspicious activity and explained that additional security controls have since been implemented to protect patient information.

The following anesthesia service providers have submitted breach notices to HHS OCR:

• Anesthesia Associates of El Paso: 43,168 individuals impacted
• Upstate Anesthesia Services PC: 9,065 individuals impacted
• Resource Anesthesiology Associates PC: 37,697 individuals impacted
• Resource Anesthesiology Associates of IL PC: 18,321 individuals impacted
• Resource Anesthesiology Associates of CA: 16,001 individuals impacted
• Providence WA Anesthesia Services: 98,643 individuals impacted
• Palm Springs Anesthesia Services: 58,513 individuals impacted
• Lynbrook Anesthesia Services: 3,800 individuals impacted
• Hazleton Anesthesia Services: 13,607 individuals impacted
• Fredericksburg Anesthesia Services: 7,069 individuals impacted
• Bronx Anesthesia Services: 17,802 individuals impacted
• Anesthesia Services of San Joaquin: 44,015 individuals impacted
• Anesthesia Associates of Maryland: 12,403 individuals impacted

Editor’s Note: This article will be updated as more information becomes available.