Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Elwyn

16,579 individuals · submitted August 21, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Elwyn, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 16,579 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Elwyn
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
16,579
Submission date
August 21, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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