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 March 31, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Apex EDI, Inc., UT
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 31, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14227, row:5366)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Apex EDI, Inc., reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,102 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity theft monitoring services. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protected its ePHI. All employees were retrained. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA and obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.