Health Plan · Archived
Pima County
1,498 individuals · submitted September 12, 2019
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Pima County, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) Ameritas, was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,498 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. The responsible employee was sanctioned and affected individuals were provided with complimentary credit monitoring services.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Pima County
- State
- AZ
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 1,498
- Submission date
- September 12, 2019
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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