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 Sept. 27, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 27, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13207, row:4346)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,290 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, financial information, health insurance information and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.