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. 31, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- MHMR of Tarrant County, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 31, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13024, row:4163)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
MHMR of Tarrant County, the covered entity (CE), reported that two employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,524 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, treatment information, and drivers’ license numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.