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 April 18, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- HealthActions, P.A., AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 18, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11518, row:2657)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), HealthActions, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,653 individuals. The PHI involved included names, and claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members on email security.