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 28, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- St Joseph Heritage Health, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11351, row:2490)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Providence St. Joseph Health, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 7,229 individuals. The PHI involved included names, gender, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.