TEXASHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Oct 22, 2019bd_4a7e924db5925a9e
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance (TX) reported to HHS on 2019-10-22 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 3,784 individuals. A program coding error in the billing system caused ePHI to be mismatched with incorrect account guarantors, resulting in PHI (names, health insurance information, and treatment information) being sent to wrong recipients. The CE corrected the coding error and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Breached information located in: Other.
Affected (this filing): 3,784
HHS notified