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. 26, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Nutan K. Parikh, M.D., Ltd., A Professional Corporation dba Las Vegas Cancer Center, NV
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 26, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11832, row:2971)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Nutan K. Parikh, M.D., dba Las Vegas Cancer Center, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,300 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE on the HIPAA Security Rule.