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 Nov. 15, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Choice Cancer Care, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 15, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13132, row:4271)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Choice Cancer Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 14,673 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE improved technical and administrative safeguards, retrained staff, and updated the security within its email environment. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.