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 Sept. 6, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- DaVita Inc., CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 6, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11212, row:2351)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), DaVita, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,092 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, DaVita provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals, implemented additional technical safeguards, and retrained its workforce members.