Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians

Disclosed Jul 16, 20211,717 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians, reported that documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,717 individuals were found in the custody of an unauthorized person. The PHI involved included names and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional physical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

What is known

People affected	1,717 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jul 16, 2021
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeoag.ca.gov

California Attorney General breach notice: Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians (Healthcare Provider, CA)

Notices filed

Residents of CAJul 16, 2021

California AGCount not stated

TotalJul 16, 2021

HHS archive1,717 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to lost-deviceby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 1717by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians, reported that documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,717 individuals were found in the custody of an unauthorized person. The PHI involved included naby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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