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 6, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Southeast Nursing and Rehab Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 6, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10671, row:1810)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Southeast Nursing and Rehab Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that medical records maintained at an offsite storage facility were inadvertently auctioned off and made available to unauthorized individuals, which compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,721 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards.