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. 14, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Gateway Health Plan LP, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 14, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13134, row:4273)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Gateway Health Plan, the covered entity (CE), reported that numerous employees its business associate (BA), National Imaging Associates, Inc., were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 753 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, member identification numbers, and treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its employees on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. The CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals.