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 Sept. 17, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- National Imaging Associates, 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 13218, row:4357)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), National Imaging Associates, reported that a former employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 589 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.