NEW YORKHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Aug 11, 2017bd_960b909ec171f809
MJHS Home Care (NY, Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-08-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8,413 individuals. An employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme, exposing ePHI including names, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and treatment information stored in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, then implemented additional administrative/technical/security safeguards and retrained staff on identifying fraudulent emails. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.
Affected (this filing): 8,413
HHS notified