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 12, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Cano Health, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 12, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12833, row:3972)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cano Health, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 28,628 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, and financial and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.