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 Nov. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Interim HealthCare of the Capital Region, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12489, row:3628)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Interim HealthCare of the Capital Region, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,127 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, financial and health insurance information, diagnoses, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, and drivers' license numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.