Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Holy Redeemer Ambulatory Surgical Center

1,295 individuals · submitted December 11, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Holy Redeemer Ambulatory Surgical Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,295 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, account balances, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE also sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Holy Redeemer Ambulatory Surgical Center
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,295
Submission date
December 11, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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