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 Feb. 25, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Montrose Regional Health, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 25, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11595, row:2734)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Montrose Regional Health, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 52,632 individuals. The PHI involved included names and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained workforce members on email security.