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. 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Molina Healthcare of Iowa, Inc., IA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10325, row:1464)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Molina Healthcare of Iowa, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,647 individuals. The breached PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and health information and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. The BA also implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.