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 Nov. 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13119, row:4258)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Illinois Gastroenterology Group, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,481 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, 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.