Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Health Plan · Archived

Healthplex, Inc.

89,955 individuals · submitted April 20, 2022

About this report

Healthplex, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack involving the protected health information (PHI) of 89,955 individuals. The PHI involved included names, gender, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, prescription information, claims information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Healthplex, Inc.
State
NY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
89,955
Submission date
April 20, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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