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. 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, PC, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11774, row:2913)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 791 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security.