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 Oct. 29, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Viverant PT, LLC, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11825, row:2964)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Viverant PT, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 6,540 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.