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 April 20, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- La Casa de Salud, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 20, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11514, row:2653)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), La Casa de Salud, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 9,969 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medication information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.