Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Health Plan · Archived

Priority Health

36,812 individuals · submitted December 21, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Priority Health, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 36,812 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and revised its breach notification procedure. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Priority Health
State
MI
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
36,812
Submission date
December 21, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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