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 June 1, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Mending Minds LLC dba Walnut Creek Psychiatry, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- June 1, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9876, row:1015)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Mending Minds dba Walnut Creek Psychiatry, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the patient medical records of 733 individuals. The protected health information involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license numbers, other identifiers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided HIPAA training to its workforce and implemented new administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.