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 Feb. 2, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Catalina Post-Acute Care and Rehabilitation, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 2, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14281, row:5420)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Catalina Post-Acute Care and Rehabilitation (CPACR), discovered that some paper documents containing protected health inform information (PHI) had been left unattended and accessible to the public for approximately six months. The breach affected approximately 2,953 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, claims information, clinical information, and financial information. CPACR provided free credit monitoring to all affected individuals; implemented physical, administrative, and security safeguards in response to the breach incident; and drafted new policies and procedures; and re-trained its workforce.