Benefit Recovery Specialists

Benefit Recovery Specialists, a business associate (BA), reported that it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 447,354 patients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA retrained its employees on phishing and security awareness and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.