Health Data Breach Tracker/GA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Peachtree Immediate Care FP, LLC

1,462 individuals · submitted November 23, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Peachtree Immediate Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,462 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, financial information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, 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
Peachtree Immediate Care FP, LLC
State
GA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,462
Submission date
November 23, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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