Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

New Partners, Inc. d/b/a VNS Health Personal Care

5,175 individuals · submitted December 8, 2023

About this report

New Partners dba VNS Health Personal Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,175 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement officials. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical, administrative, and security safeguards. The mitigation efforts also included workforce member sanctions, updates to its HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures, and updates to its HIPAA training.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
New Partners, Inc. d/b/a VNS Health Personal Care
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,175
Submission date
December 8, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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