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 Sept. 4, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- UC Health, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 4, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13239, row:4378)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UC Health, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 95,339 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted a substitute notification on its website. The CE offered free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to further protect its PHI. All staff were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.