Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Golden Valley Health Centers

38,628 individuals · submitted March 20, 2020

About this report

Golden Valley Health Centers, the covered entity, (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 38,268 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, claims information, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Golden Valley Health Centers
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
38,628
Submission date
March 20, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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