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 Dec. 22, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Southwest Louisiana Health Care System, Inc. d/b/a Lake Charles Memorial Health System, LA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 22, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10991, row:2130)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southwest Louisiana Health Care System dba Lake Charles Memorial Health System, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 269,752 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.