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 June 7, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Pennsylvania Health & Wellness, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 7, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12091, row:3230)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), PA Health & Wellness, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,325 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, medical conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.