Health Data Breach Tracker/LA

Business Associate · Archived

University Medical Center of New Orleans

16,559 individuals · submitted January 7, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the University Medical Center of New Orleans, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 16,559 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
University Medical Center of New Orleans
State
LA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
16,559
Submission date
January 7, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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