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 May 2, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- OS, Inc., WI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 2, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13427, row:4566)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
OS, Inc., a business associate (BA), reported that one of its employees was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 46,578 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented new technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security precautions. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.