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 Feb. 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Covenant HealthCare, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12346, row:3485)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Covenant HealthCare, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 47,178 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license 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 technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.