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 23, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Grant Regional Health Center, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 23, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10723, row:1862)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Grant Regional Health Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,135 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.