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 July 29, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Eau Claire Cooperative Health, Inc. DBA Cooperative Health, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- July 29, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11977, row:3116)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Eau Claire Cooperative Health dba Cooperative Health, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,755 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, prescription information, and medical record numbers. The BA notified affected individuals and the media; the CE notified OCR. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification and Privacy Rules.