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 Aug. 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Utah Pathology Services, Inc., UT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12724, row:3863)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Utah Pathology Services, Inc., reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 148,594 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, telephone numbers, addresses, health insurance information, clinical and diagnostic information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Security Rule and its requirements.