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 Nov. 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- athenahealth, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9601, row:740)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Athenahealth, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee posted the protected health information (PHI) of 1,974 individuals to the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. The staff involved in this disclosure were retrained.