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. 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12365, row:3504)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 18,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened it technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE also retrained workforce members on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.