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 Dec. 31, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- South Country Health Alliance, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 31, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12409, row:3548)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), South Country Health Alliance, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 66,874 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services, established a call center for questions or concerns, and implemented additional administrative, technical and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.