HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of May 8, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- USACS Management Group, Ltd., OH
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 8, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13825, row:4964)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), USACS Management Group, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,552 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medication information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The BA also offered complimentary identity theft protection services to those affected. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI. Employees were also retrained on email security.