HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 12, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Bakersfield Hematology Oncology Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- July 12, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12017, row:3156)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
OCR received a breach report from Bakersfield Hematology Oncology stating that an employee impermissibly downloaded and provided the protected health information (PHI) of 1,286 individuals to an unauthorized individual. It was determined that the individual who filed the report did not have authority to do so. The case was therefore closed.