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 May 31, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Health Quest Systems, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 31, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13379, row:4518)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Quest Systems, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 372,043 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, health insurance information lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action noted.