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 Sept. 17, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Magellan Healthcare, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 17, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13217, row:4356)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Magellan Healthcare, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 55,637 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications. The CE offered complimentary credit monitoring services.