Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-07-23 a Hacking/IT Incident — email phishing attack affecting an employee — that exposed the PHI of 1,841 individuals. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, and other treatment information; breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals and provided substitute notice on its website. Additional administrative and technical safeguards were implemented. OCR closed the case after the CE was purchased and OCR lost jurisdiction over the entity.
Affected (this filing): 1,841