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 Nov. 20, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Walmart Inc., AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 20, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12500, row:3639)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Walmart, Inc., reported that it was burglarized during civil unrest and documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 524 individuals was stolen. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, medications prescribed, and other identifiers. As a result of the breach, the CE added additional physical safeguards and trained workforce members on how to better prepare for civil unrest, burglaries, and robberies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.