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 Jan. 24, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Village Center for Care d/b/a VillageCare Rehabilitative and Nursing Center, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Email, Other
- Submission date
- Jan. 24, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13054, row:4193)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Village Center for Care dba VillageCare Rehabilitative and Nursing Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 674 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, and financial and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional technical safeguards, updated its security policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce on email security.