HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 8, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- American Anesthesiology, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 8, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12403, row:3542)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), American Anesthesiology, reported that multiple employees of its business associate (BA) experienced an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,269,074 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protected PHI. All staff were retrained on email security.