Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Prestera Center for Mental Health Services

2,152 individuals · submitted July 20, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,152 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services
State
WV
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,152
Submission date
July 20, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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