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 Feb. 13, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Audiology Services Company USA, LLC, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 13, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13005, row:4144)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Audiology Services Company USA, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,917 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, telephone numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.