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 March 31, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, NV
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 31, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12252, row:3391)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) uploaded the protected health information (PHI) of 1,833 individuals to the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, claims information, Social Security numbers, 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 provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services and the BA and CE implemented additional technical safeguards.