Health Data Breach Tracker/OK

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority

550 individuals · submitted August 23, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Choctaw Nation Health Service Authority, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 550 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority
State
OK
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
550
Submission date
August 23, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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