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 Feb. 26, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Jewish Home Lifecare d/b/a The New Jewish Home, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 26, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12326, row:3465)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Jewish Home Lifecare dba The New Jewish Home, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 2,091 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach, and retrained its employees on email security.