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 July 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- NCP Healthcare Management Company, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12780, row:3919)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), NCP Healthcare Management Company, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 78,070 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial and clinical information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. As a result of the incident, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.