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
- Choctaw Nation Health Service Authority, OK
- 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 13205, row:4344)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Choctaw Nation Health Service Authority, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.