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 Oct. 21, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Self Regional Healthcare, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 21, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13177, row:4316)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Self Regional Healthcare, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 52,327 individuals. This ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its staff in the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.