HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of June 16, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Liberty Healthcare Group, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 16, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11378, row:2517)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Liberty Healthcare Group, reported that employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,191 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, health insurance information, 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 on email security precautions.