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 March 20, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Meigs County Emergency Medical Services, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 20, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9394, row:533)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Meigs County Emergency Medical Services, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 5,802 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE enhanced its system activity monitoring, increased its workforce security awareness training, and revised its policies and procedures to better protect its PHI.