Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Business Associate · Archived

Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.

5,387 individuals · submitted April 7, 2020

About this report

Healthcare Resource Group, Inc., the business associate (BA), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,387 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR received assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.
State
WA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
5,387
Submission date
April 7, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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