Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Grand River Medical Group

37,423 individuals · submitted February 12, 2021

About this report

Grand River Medical Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 37,423 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims information, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its HIPAA Security Rule obligations.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Grand River Medical Group
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
37,423
Submission date
February 12, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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