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HIPAA Breach News

Our HIPAA breach news section covers HIPAA breaches such as unauthorized disclosures of protected health information (PHI), improper disposal of PHI, unauthorized PHI access by cybercriminals and rogue healthcare employees, and other security and privacy breaches.

The HIPAA breach news section is particularly relevant to healthcare information security professionals, privacy officers, and other individuals who have some responsibility for HIPAA compliance.

The most recent healthcare data breach reports are listed below and HIPAA enforcement news is provided. If you want to find out if a specific covered entity has experienced a data breach, please use the search function in the top right hand corner of this webpage.

Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians Data Breach Affects 1.4 Million Patients

Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians data breach

Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, one of the largest independent physician-owned primary care medical groups in the United States, has...

iRhythm Data Breach Affects 8.2 Million Individuals

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The scale of a June 2026 data breach at the wearable cardiac device manufacturer iRhythm Technologies has been confirmed. While...

Mid Florida Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Data Breach Affects 85K Patients

Data breaches have been announced by Mid Florida Dermatology & Plastic Surgery, Kannarr Eye Care in Kansas, and Indiana University...

July 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report

In July 2026, 77 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals were reported to the U.S. Department of Health...

Photon Health; Healthcare Highways Announce Data Security Incidents

photon health & healthcare highways data breaches

Data breaches have been announced by the New York-based healthcare technology company Photon Health, the Texas-based medical provider network company...

Secure Healthcare Information Management; Desert Orthopaedic Center Report Data Breaches

Data breaches have been announced by the Pennsylvania-based medical management and billing service provider Secure Healthcare Information Management and Desert...

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Bacon County Health Services Investigating Cyber Incident

Data breaches have been announced by Bacon County Health Services in Georgia, Comprehensive Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Care in Connecticut, Imagine...

Casper Orthopedic Associates; Atlantic Digestive Specialists Announce Data Breaches

Data breaches have been announced by Casper Orthopedic Associates in Wyoming and Atlantic Digestive Specialists in New Hampshire. Casper Orthopedic...

Almost 20 Million Individuals Affected by 2025 Data Breach at Oracle Health/Cerner

The scale of a 2025 data breach involving electronic protected health information stored on Oracle Health’s legacy Cerner servers is...

WindRose Health Network Discloses Data Breach Affecting 33K Individuals

Data breaches have been announced by WindRose Health Network and Advantage Home Health Care in Indiana, Camden-on-Gauley Medical Center in...

Texas Hospice Management Company Data Breach Affects 35,000 Texas Residents

AngMar Management Services, a Mansfield, Texas-based home health and hospice management company, has identified unauthorized access to its information technology...

Data Breaches Announced by Saber Healthcare & Buchalter

Data breaches have been announced by Saber Healthcare in Ohio and Buchalter, a California-headquartered law firm that provides services to...

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