Healthcare Provider · Archived
Southwest Louisiana Health Care System, Inc. d/b/a Lake Charles Memorial Health System
269,752 individuals · submitted December 22, 2022
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Southwest Louisiana Health Care System dba Lake Charles Memorial Health System, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 269,752 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and financial 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 complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Southwest Louisiana Health Care System, Inc. d/b/a Lake Charles Memorial Health System
- State
- LA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 269,752
- Submission date
- December 22, 2022
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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