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 Sept. 10, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Consumer Direct Care Network Arizona, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 10, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11913, row:3052)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Consumer Direct Care Network Arizona, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 504 individuals. The PHI involved included names, claims information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.