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 Feb. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Avalon Health Care Management, Inc., UT
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12999, row:4138)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Avalon Health Care Management, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,717 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards, provided workforce members with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule training, and developed additional policies and procedures. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Rules.