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 Jan. 5, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Pershing Health System, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 5, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10969, row:2108)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pershing Health System, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,368 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. The CE also retrained staff on email security precautions.