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 June 22, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- InfuSystem, Inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 22, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13776, row:4915)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
InfuSystem, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected approximately 3,882 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and medications prescribed. InfuSystem notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. The employee responsible for the intrusion was sanctioned. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.