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 April 10, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern New Mexico, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 10, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12923, row:4062)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern New Mexico, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,843 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. The CE also retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.