Health Data Breach Tracker/FL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Audiology Services Company USA, LLC

3,917 individuals · submitted February 13, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Audiology Services Company USA, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,917 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, telephone numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Audiology Services Company USA, LLC
State
FL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,917
Submission date
February 13, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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