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. 8, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- EPIC Pharmacy Network, Inc., VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11631, row:2770)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), EPIC Pharmacy Network, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 28,776 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its staff on email security.