Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Cedar Oaks Surgery Center

794 individuals · submitted January 27, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Cedar Oaks Surgery Center, reported that an employee was subjected to an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 794 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, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cedar Oaks Surgery Center
State
MO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
794
Submission date
January 27, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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