Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Verity Medical Foundation (March 2019)

Organization named: Verity Medical Foundation Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 March 7, 2019.

Organization as reported: Verity Medical Foundation, CA
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: March 7, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13507, row:4646)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unauthorized third party accessed a workforce member’s email account, affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 14,894 individuals, including demographic, clinical, health plan claims, and payment information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE strengthened safeguards by adding technical measures to protect against phishing and malicious email and trained workforce members to identify phishing attempts. OCR obtained evidence of the safeguards that the CE implemented prior to the breach and documented assurances that the CE implemented the voluntary corrective action steps noted above.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

14,894 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 7, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2019-03-07Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13507)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Verity Medical Foundation Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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