Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

Adirondacks ACO, LLC

39,649 individuals · submitted July 2, 2019

About this report

The business associate (BA), Adirondacks ACO, LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 39,649 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Adirondacks ACO, LLC
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
39,649
Submission date
July 2, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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