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 18, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Prominence Health Plan, NV
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 18, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12073, row:3212)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Prominence Health Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) suffered a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 45,380 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, claim codes, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided affected individuals with a dedicated phone number for questions and concerns. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical and security safeguards.