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 April 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Health Center Partners of Southern California, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12232, row:3371)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Health Center Partners of Southern California, reported that its vendor experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 337,245 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, financial and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI.