Health Data Breach Tracker/AR

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Arkansas Otolaryngology Center, PA

12,217 individuals · submitted October 22, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Arkansas Otolaryngology Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 12,217 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, conditions, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit report monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Arkansas Otolaryngology Center, PA
State
AR
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,217
Submission date
October 22, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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