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 March 20, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Golden Valley Health Centers, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 20, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12953, row:4092)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Golden Valley Health Centers, the covered entity, (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 38,268 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, claims information, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.