Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Epic Care

9,000 individuals · submitted June 9, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Epic Care, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE offered complimentary identity and credit monitoring services and terminated its business relationship with the BA.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Epic Care
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
9,000
Submission date
June 9, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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