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 May 6, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Community Health Network, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 6, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13421, row:4560)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Community Health Network, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of email phishing schemes. The email accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 6,600 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, insurance information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.