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 July 17, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Tahoe Forest Hospital District, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 17, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10593, row:1732)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Tahoe Forest Hospital District, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,119 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE updated its policies and retrained its employees.