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 Jan. 31, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Crescent Community Health Center, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 31, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10165, row:1304)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Crescent Community Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 20,529 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented improved technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.