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 20, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- The Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 20, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11299, row:2438)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), United Bronx Parents, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 17,161 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.