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 Dec. 21, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Priority Health, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 21, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12437, row:3576)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Priority Health, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 36,812 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and revised its breach notification procedure. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.