Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Healthcare Administrative Partners

17,693 individuals · submitted December 3, 2019

About this report

Healthcare Administrative Partners, a business associate (BA), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 17,693 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, and diagnoses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided a toll-free phone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. The BA also retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Healthcare Administrative Partners
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
17,693
Submission date
December 3, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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