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 May 6, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Brownsville Community Health Center dba New Horizon Medical Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 6, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12172, row:3311)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Brownsville Community Health Center dba New Horizon Medical Center, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,258 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, prescription information, and medical record numbers. The CE notified HHS and the BA notified affected individual and the media. In addition, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.