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 12, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Benefit Management LLC, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 12, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9860, row:999)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Benefit Management, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,777 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.