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 Nov. 6, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Universal Health Corporation, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 6, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9618, row:757)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Universal Health Corporation, reported that an employee was subject to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 583 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications and Social Security and drivers’ license numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security precautions and on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.