Health Data Breach Tracker/KS

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ascension Via Christi ACE

1,977 individuals · submitted July 23, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ascension via Christi ACE, reported that employees of its business associate (BA) experienced an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,977 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to protected ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ascension Via Christi ACE
State
KS
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,977
Submission date
July 23, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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