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. 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- NCH Healthcare System, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12995, row:4134)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
NCH National Healthcare System, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 63,581 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. It also retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. During the investigation, OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the Breach Notification Rule. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.