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 May 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12869, row:4008)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, reported that its business associate (BA) improperly discarded documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, claims information, and other treatment information. The CE had ceased its business relationship with the BA in 2013. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE destroyed the mishandled medical records and notified local law enforcement and the state Attorney General.