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 Jan. 8, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 8, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12402, row:3541)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Roper St. Francis Healthcare, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 189,761 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and provided training to employees.