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 21, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Phelps County Regional Medical Center d/b/a Phelps Health, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 21, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11362, row:2501)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Phelps County Regional Medical Center dba Phelps Health, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a data security incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 12,602 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.