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 Aug. 29, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Source 1 Healthcare Solutions LLC, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 29, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13243, row:4382)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Source 1 Healthcare Solutions, LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 15,450 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and diagnostic and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Additionally, OCR confirmed that the business associate is addressing the risks discovered in its risk analysis that was performed after the discovery of this breach incident.