Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

NADG Hopewell, Inc.

1,143 individuals · submitted October 1, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), NADG Hopewell, reported that that employees of its business associate (BA) experienced an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,143 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI. In addition, the BA retrained its workforce members on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
NADG Hopewell, Inc.
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,143
Submission date
October 1, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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