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 Sept. 26, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Texas Spine Consultants, PLLC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 26, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9687, row:826)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Texas Spine Consultants, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,048 individuals. The PHI involved demographic and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.