HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of June 18, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Walmart Inc., AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 18, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12071, row:3210)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Walmart, reported that it lost documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 14,532 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, subscriber identification numbers, claim numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on records management processes and procedures.