Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Business Associate · Archived

Choice Health Management Services, LLC

8,692 individuals · submitted June 15, 2020

About this report

Choice Health Management Services, LLC, the business associate (BA), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,692 individuals. The ePHI involved included addresses, dates of birth, names, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, health insurance information, and financial and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The BA also offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to 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
Choice Health Management Services, LLC
State
NC
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
8,692
Submission date
June 15, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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