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 March 25, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Colorado Physician Partners, PLLC, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 25, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11555, row:2694)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Colorado Physician Partners, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 12,877 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. The staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.