Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Primary Health Care, Inc.

10,313 individuals · submitted March 16, 2018

About this report

Primary Health Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing attack. The affected accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 10,313 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, claims information, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE immediately suspended the affected accounts and implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Primary Health Care, Inc.
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
10,313
Submission date
March 16, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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