Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Heartland Counseling Services, Inc.

723 individuals · submitted July 16, 2020

About this report

Heartland Counseling Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed patients without using the blind-copy function exposing the email addresses of 723 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Heartland Counseling Services, Inc.
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
723
Submission date
July 16, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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