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. 7, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Boomerang Healthcare, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 7, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10365, row:1504)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Boomerang Healthcare, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently emailed an Excel spreadsheet containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,204 patients to unauthorized individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach and OCR’s investigation, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards.