Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

MultiPlan

214,956 individuals · submitted June 24, 2021

About this report

The business associate (BA), MultiPlan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 214,956 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, claims and health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA sanctioned the responsible employee, revised its policies and procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards. All staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
MultiPlan
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
214,956
Submission date
June 24, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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