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Tahoe Forest Hospital District
ArchivedSubmitted 07/17/2023
Updated 14 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,119
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Tahoe Forest Hospital District, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,119 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE updated its policies and retrained its employees.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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