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 Oct. 18, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Medical Practice Solutions, MS
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Oct. 18, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11849, row:2988)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Medical Practice Solutions, a business associate (BA), reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 16,737 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and diagnoses/conditions. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Following the breach incident, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules.