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 June 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Grace & Porta Benefits, inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12814, row:3953)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Grace & Porta Benefits, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 572 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.