Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Health Plan · Archived

VNS CHOICE d/b/a VNS Health Health Plans

13,584 individuals · submitted December 8, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), VNS Health Health Plans, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 13,584 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
VNS CHOICE d/b/a VNS Health Health Plans
State
NY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
13,584
Submission date
December 8, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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