Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Summit Behavioral Healthcare (February 2021)

Organization named: Summit Behavioral Healthcare Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 Feb. 26, 2021.

Organization as reported: Summit Behavioral Healthcare, TN
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Feb. 26, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12332, row:3471)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Summit Behavioral Healthcare, reported that an employee impermissibly emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 70,822 individuals to his personal email account. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

70,822 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Feb. 26, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2021-02-26Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12332)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Summit Behavioral Healthcare Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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