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 June 27, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- PET Imaging of Northern Colorado, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 27, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9247, row:386)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), PET imaging of Northern Colorado reported that multiple employees of its business associate (BA) were the subjects of an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,824 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals the the BA and CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.