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. 25, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Bassford Remele P.A., MN
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 25, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9432, row:571)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Bassford Remele, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that impacted the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 4,435 individuals. The PHI involved names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, and diagnoses/conditions. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided security awareness training to its workforce and enhanced its access controls to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA.