Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

EPIC Pharmacy Network, Inc.

28,776 individuals · submitted February 8, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), EPIC Pharmacy Network, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 28,776 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
EPIC Pharmacy Network, Inc.
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
28,776
Submission date
February 8, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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