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 15, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Southern California, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- July 15, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11308, row:2447)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Leon Medical Centers, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 76,661 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the 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 to better protect its PHI.