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, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Covenant Care California, LLC, on behalf of Wagner Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 6, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11475, row:2614)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Covenant Care California on behalf of Wagner Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 23,093 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.