HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 27, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Cedar Oaks Surgery Center, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 27, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10938, row:2077)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cedar Oaks Surgery Center, reported that an employee was subjected to an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 794 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.