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. 4, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- The Methodist Hospitals, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 4, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13195, row:4334)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Methodist Hospitals, Inc., reported that two of its employees were victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 68,039 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, passport numbers, financial information, health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. The CE also offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.