HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Nov. 29, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Amistad Family Services, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Nov. 29, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11759, row:2898)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Amistad Family Services, reported that a USB drive was stolen from its facility. This breach compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,915 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and diagnoses and conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and physical security safeguards. The CE also retrained its workforce.