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 July 7, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Miracle-Ear Flagship, LLC, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 7, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10611, row:1750)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Miracle-Ear Flagship, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 3,560 individuals. The PHI involved included addresses and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE terminated its relationship with the BA.