American Anesthesiology

The covered entity (CE), American Anesthesiology, reported that multiple employees of its business associate (BA) experienced an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,269,074 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protected PHI. All staff were retrained on email security.