Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Healthcare Administrative Partners (December 2019)

Organization named: Healthcare Administrative Partners Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 Dec. 3, 2019.

Organization as reported: Healthcare Administrative Partners, PA
Entity type as reported: Business Associate
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Dec. 3, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13110, row:4249)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

Healthcare Administrative Partners, a business associate (BA), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 17,693 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, and diagnoses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided a toll-free phone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. The BA also retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

17,693 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 3, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2019-12-03Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13110)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Healthcare Administrative Partners Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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