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 May 27, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Platinum Hospitalists LLP, NV
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11422, row:2561)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Platinum Hospitalists, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 5,535 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce members and implemented additional technical safeguards.