Health Data Breach Tracker/ME

Healthcare Provider · Archived

InterMed, PA

33,000 individuals · submitted January 8, 2020

About this report

InterMed, PA, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 33,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, health insurance information, clinical information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its workforce.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
InterMed, PA
State
ME
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
33,000
Submission date
January 8, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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