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 Nov. 2, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Oprex Surgery (Baytown), L.P. d/b/a Altus Baytown Hospital, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 2, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13642, row:4781)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Oprex Surgery (Baytown), L.P., dba Altus Baytown Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 40,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.