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 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12321, row:3460)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 873 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, dates of death, diagnoses, medications prescribed, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.