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 Oct. 14, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13186, row:4325)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, the business associate (BA), reported that one of its employees was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,565 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.