Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Business Associate · Archived

Academic HealthPlans, Inc.

79,263 individuals · submitted July 21, 2021

About this report

The business associate (BA), Academic HealthPlans, reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 79,263 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained employees on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Academic HealthPlans, Inc.
State
TX
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
79,263
Submission date
July 21, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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