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 July 21, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- New England Life Care, Inc., ME
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 21, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10585, row:1724)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), New England Life Care, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 51,854 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.