Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

The Menninger Clinic

1,365 individuals · submitted September 24, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), The Menninger Clinic, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,365 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Menninger Clinic
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,365
Submission date
September 24, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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