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 April 25, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Empath-Stratum Inc. doing business as Empath Health, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 25, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9947, row:1086)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Empath-Stratum Inc. dba Empath Health reported that it multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 40,569 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, credit card/bank account information, diagnoses/conditions, medications and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals and implemented administrative, technical and security safeguards.