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 Aug. 15, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Community Psychiatric Clinic, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 15, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13263, row:4402)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Community Psychiatric Clinic, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,641 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, claims information, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. After OCR’s investigation, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.