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 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Ethan Health, LLC, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10784, row:1923)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ethan Health, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,047 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, claims information, lab results, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.