Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Spring River Mental Health & Wellness, Inc. (“SPMHW”) regarding its recent data breach. The SPMHW data breach may have involved sensitive personal information and protected health information belonging to over 3,200 individuals.
ABOUT SPRING RIVER MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS, INC.:
SRMHW is a nonprofit community mental health center based in Kansas. Today, SRMHW provides a variety of services to children, adults, and families, including psychiatric evaluation, therapy, specialized trauma services, addiction and substance use services, case management, medication assisted treatment, assertive community treatment, and individual placement and support.3 Additionally, SRMHW offers crisis services and specialized services for service members and veterans.3 Located in Cherokee County, Kansas, SRMHW has two locations in Columbus and Riverton, Kansas.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, SRMHW posted notice on its website saying that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its systems may have been accessed and acquired. According to the breach notice, on November 26, 2024, SRMHW discovered technical issues in its network. 1 As a result, SRMHW launched an investigation to determine the nature of the incident.
Through its investigation, SRMHW confirmed that sensitive personal information in its systems may have been viewed or exfiltrated by an unauthorized third party. Beyond this, the SRMHW breach notice does not elaborate on the nature of the security incident that impacted its systems. While SRMHW has not disclosed the specific type of information impacted, the breach notice stated that certain individuals’ protected health information may have been compromised. Additionally, on January 24, 2025, SRMHW filed official notice of the data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, whose reporting guidelines require entities to report data breaches when they involve protected health information.
On January 24, 2025, SRMHW posted a notice of the incident on its website. Additionally, SRMHW plans to send breach notification letters to impacted individuals. A link to the form breach notification that SRMHW posted to its website is below.
If you received a breach notification letter from Spring River Mental Health & Wellness, Inc.:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
