HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 13, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Black River Medical Center, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 13, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13786, row:4925)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Black River Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,443 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnosis/conditions, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. Of note, Black River Medical Center was disbanded.