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Crescent Community Health Center
ArchivedSubmitted 01/31/2024
Updated 17 hours ago ()
- State
- IA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 20,529
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Crescent Community Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 20,529 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented improved technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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