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 26, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, PA, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 26, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13433, row:4572)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,591 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its data and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. During the investigation, OCR provided technical assistance regarding requirements of the Breach Notification Rule and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.