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 Feb. 4, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Lakeland Care, Inc., WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 4, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13544, row:4683)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Lakeland Care, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting 1,300 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved includes names, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its data and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.