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 May 8, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- District Medical Group, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 8, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12883, row:4022)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
District Medical Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,190 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, medical records numbers, health insurance information, and limited clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications. The CE also implemented additional technical and security safeguards.