Data Breach Impacts Two Dozen Anesthesia Providers

Posted By Steve Alder on Oct 13, 2022

A major data breach has occurred at the management services organization for multiple providers of anesthesia services to hospitals. According to a media breach notice from one of the affected providers, Anesthesia Associates of El Paso, the data breach occurred at its unnamed management company on July 11, 2022.

Unauthorized individuals gained access to the IT systems used by the management company and potentially viewed or obtained sensitive patient information, including patient names, addresses, health insurance policy numbers, payment information, Social Security numbers, and diagnosis and treatment information.

Details about the data breach are scant at present, so the exact nature of the unauthorized access and data breach is not known at present. Anesthesia Associates of El Paso said the management company has taken steps to contain the breach and has implemented additional security controls to prevent further unauthorized access and to better protect patient information. Credit monitoring and identity theft protection services have been offered to affected individuals.

At present, HIPAA Journal can confirm that at least 24 entities have been affected, resulting in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of at least 450,512 individuals.

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This post will be updated as further information about the security incident is obtained.