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 Oct. 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Lavaca Medical Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11846, row:2985)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lavaca Medical Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 48,705 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical conditions, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.