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Breach notice filed by Questcare Medical Services, PLLC (April 2019)

Organization named: Questcare Medical Services, PLLC Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 12, 2019.

Organization as reported
Questcare Medical Services, PLLC, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 12, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13462, row:4601)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Questcare Medical Services, PLLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,573 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its employees on email security and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,573 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 12, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13462)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Questcare Medical Services, PLLC Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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