Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Business Associate · Archived

Desert Physicians Management

63,713 individuals · submitted June 22, 2023

About this report

The business associate (BA), Desert Physicians Management, reported that it experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 63,713 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Desert Physicians Management
State
CA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
63,713
Submission date
June 22, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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