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 March 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- New Medical Healthcare, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10832, row:1971)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), New Medical Healthcare, reported that an employee emailed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,557 individuals to an unauthorized individual. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained and the responsible employee was sanctioned.