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Breach notice filed by Northwood, Inc (July 2019)

Organization named: Northwood, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 15, 2019.

Organization as reported
Northwood, Inc, MI
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
July 15, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13319, row:4458)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Northwood, Inc., a business associate (BA) of Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 18,684 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. Northwood notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and the FBI. In its mitigation efforts, Northwood implemented additional administrative technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that Northwood implemented the corrective action noted.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,563 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 15, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13319)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Northwood, Inc. Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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