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. 4, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Maxim Healthcare Group, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 4, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11811, row:2950)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Maxim Healthcare Group, reported that multiple employees were victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 65,267 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, and claims and financial 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, changed passwords of affected accounts, implemented additional technical safeguards, and updated its policies and procedures.