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 Oct. 28, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Assurance Health System, LLC, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11089, row:2228)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Assurance Health System reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,565 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and social security numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented multifactor authentication as well as other measures to strengthen the security of its network.