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 Aug. 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Valley Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11970, row:3109)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Valley Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, reported that an employee sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,866 individuals to an authorized recipient. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, strengthened its administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff.