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 Oct. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Centerstone of Tennessee, Inc., TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12566, row:3705)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Centerstone of Tennessee, reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 50,965 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding its Security Rule obligations.