Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Business Associate · Archived

Polsinelli PC

1,220 individuals · submitted December 2, 2022

About this report

The business associate (BA), Polsinelli, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,220 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Polsinelli PC
State
MO
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,220
Submission date
December 2, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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