Data breaches have recently been announced by the OB/GYN practice Rockhill Women’s Care and Harbor Regional Center, a California provider of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Rockhill Women’s Care

Rockhill Women’s Care, an OB/GYN practice with locations in Overland Park in Kansas and Lees Summit in Missouri, has experienced a significant data breach, involving unauthorized access to the electronic protected health information of up to 70,129 patients.

While it is unclear from the notification letters exactly when its network was first compromised, the intrusion was detected on February 26, 2025. Third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to investigate the intrusion, and law enforcement was notified. The investigation confirmed that patient information had been exposed and may have been exfiltrated. The data mining exercise to determine the exact types of data involved and the individuals affected was completed on August 13, 2025.

The types of data involved vary from individual to individual and include names in combination with one or more of the following: address, date of birth, Social Security number, medical treatment information, and/or health insurance information. After verifying the results and contact information, individual notification letters started to be mailed to the affected individuals on or around September 30, 2025. At the time of issuing notification letters, Rockhill Women’s Care was unaware of any misuse of the exposed data. Rockhill Women’s Care said patient privacy is taken very seriously, and steps have been taken to enhance its security measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

Harbor Regional Center

Harbor Regional Center, a nonprofit organization that works with the California Department of Developmental Services to provide services to more than 20,000 adults and children with developmental disabilities in the South Bay, Harbor, Long Beach, and the southeast areas of Los Angeles County, has recently announced a security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee’s email account.

The email account breach was identified on September 2, 2025, and an investigation was launched to determine the nature and scope of the activity. On September 29, 2025, it was determined that a limited amount of protected health information was exposed and may have been obtained by an unauthorized third party.

The types of data involved vary from individual to individual and may include names in combination with one or more of the following: address, date of birth, Social Security number, medical record number, patient ID or account number, Medicare/Medicaid number, health insurance information, medical diagnosis and treatment information, medical history, prescription information, medical lab or test result, treatment location, treatment date, and provider name.

Harbor Regional Center has not identified any misuse of the exposed information; however, as a precaution against identity theft and fraud, the affected individuals have been offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. Harbor Regional Center said it has implemented additional security measures and is reviewing its data policies and procedures. The data breach is not currently shown on the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights website, so it is currently unclear how many individuals have been affected.

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VITAS Hospice Services, LLC, the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States, has notified the California and Texas attorneys general about a data security incident that exposed sensitive patient data. An unauthorized individual compromised an account used by one of its vendors, and through that account was able to access certain Vitas systems.

The security breach was identified on October 24, 2025, and the forensic investigation determined that there was unauthorized access to its systems for more than a month between September 21, 2025, and October 27, 2025. During that time, the unauthorized third party was able to view and download the personal information of current and former Vitas patients.

Vitas has been working with a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate the cause of the breach and has taken steps to strengthen vendor oversight and improve its data protection protocols. At the time of issuing notifications to the affected individuals, Vitas was unaware of any misuse of the exposed data; however, as a precaution against identity theft and fraud, the affected individuals have been offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 24 months.

Data compromised in the incident varies from individual to individual and may include names in combination with some or all of the following: address, phone number, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number, next of kin contact information including name, phone number and email address, diagnosis, medications, lab results, conditions, treatment information, health insurance information, and other personal information.

It is currently unclear exactly how many individuals have been affected, as neither the California nor Texas attorneys general publish figures for the total size of the data breach. The Texas Attorney General was told that 5,633 individuals in the state were affected by the breach. The HIPAA Journal has not found any further attorney general notifications at the time of writing, but the breach could be more expansive, as the company has locations in 15 U.S. states.

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