Health Data Breach Tracker/IN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Valley Professionals Community Health Center

12,029 individuals · submitted January 25, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Valley Professionals Community Health Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,029 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. A call center was established for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Valley Professionals Community Health Center
State
IN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,029
Submission date
January 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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