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 May 6, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Mindpath Care Centers, North Carolina, PLLC, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 6, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11472, row:2611)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mindpath Care Centers, North Carolina, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,781 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE retrained its workforce members on email security precautions.