StarCare Specialty Health System, located in Lubbock, Texas, is notifying 2,900 patients “who received Intellectual Developmental Disabilities program services, Behavioral Health program services, and Therapeutic Treatment Community services” that their protected health information (PHI) and behavioral health information was compromised in the theft of five laptop computers from its office.

The theft occurred on May 30, 2016, when thieves broke into its offices and stole the five laptops. One of the laptops contained patients’ names, medical record numbers, telephone numbers, diagnosis, admission and discharge dates, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and Medicaid and Medicare numbers.

StarCare is offering the affected patients with one year of identity monitoring and has set up a call center to answer questions of patients.

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