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. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Cynthia Paul, M.D., LLC d/b/a The Coeur Group, NE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11183, row:2322)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cynthia Paul, MD dba The Coeur Group, reported that an employee experienced an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,020 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE offered free credit monitoring services, established a toll-free number for questions or concerns, and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained in email security precautions.