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 Jan. 3, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Live Oak Surgery Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 3, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10973, row:2112)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Live Oak Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,264 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.