Here are five things to know:
1. Officials reported the trespassers had access to paper medical records.
2. The Access Health Care physician practice said patients’ names, birthdates, addresses, insurance information and diagnosis codes may have been taken.
3. Orthopedic surgeon Imad E. Tarabishy, MD, serves patients at the Brooksville location. He said they are delivering letters to about 2,000 patients potentially impacted by the break-in.
4. Access Health Care will offer affected patients one free year of AllClear ID credit monitoring in hopes of defending against fraud.
5. The office has not commented on whether the intruders stole anything.
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