Central Files, Inc. (“Central Files”) was entrusted to provide secure record storage and destruction, during the respective time periods below, for the following South Bend-area entities (the “South Bend Entities”) which publish this notice:
– Saint Joseph Health System (1999-2013)
– Allied Physicians of Michiana (1995-2007)
– New Avenues (June 2004-December 2015)
– South Bend Medical Foundation (2009-2015)
– Goshen Emergency Physicians, LLC / Elkhart Emergency Physicians, Inc. (2002-2010)
– Michiana Hematology Oncology (2002-2004)
– Cardiology Associates, Inc. (“CAI”) (March 1, 2007-November 30, 2013). CAI and its records were acquired by Beacon Health System in December 2013 and CAI was subsequently dissolved
The records entrusted to Central Files included sensitive and legally-protected information about these organizations’ patients, clients, and/or employees. Central Files was paid to destroy certain records, and was supposed to securely store the remaining records until transfer to a subsequent records storage company.
Between April 1 and April 9, 2020, the South Bend Entities were alerted that confidential documents which had been entrusted to Central Files for secure storage and destruction were discovered improperly dumped in an unsecure South Bend-area location sometime before April 1, 2020 and several more times until May 15, 2020.
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