HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Newman Regional Health, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11525, row:2664)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Newman Regional Health, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 52,224 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, 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 on email security.