HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 19, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Episcopal Health Services, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 19, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13623, row:4762)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Episcopal Health Services, Inc., reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 218,055 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, mediations prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.