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 May 2, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- May 2, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11488, row:2627)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, reported that its employees impermissibly disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,370 individuals. The PHI involved included names and telephone numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employees and retrained its staff on the HIPAA Privacy Rule.