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 Feb. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Ultimate Care, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11603, row:2742)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ultimate Care, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 15,788 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individual, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services, revised its procedures regarding the complexity of email passwords, and retrained employees on email security.