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 June 4, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- AtriCure, Inc. Group Health Plan, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 4, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12100, row:3239)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), AtriCure Group Health Plan, reported than an employee was the subject of an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,487 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, and other treatment information The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services and established a dedicated call center for questions and concerns. The CE also implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.