HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Academic HealthPlans, Inc., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11992, row:3131)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Academic HealthPlans, reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 79,263 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained employees on email security.