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 July 6, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Hot Springs Health Program, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 6, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12031, row:3170)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Hot Springs Health Program, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,984 individuals to an unauthorized person. The PHI included names, dates of birth, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards. HHS provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the applicable provisions of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules.