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 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. dba Hennepin Healthcare, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13302, row:4441)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Hennepin Healthcare System, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA), Nemadji, was the victim of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 814 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, treatment information, and financial data. The CE, in conjunction with the BA, notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also offered complimentary identity theft monitoring services.