Black River Medical Center

Black River Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,443 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnosis/conditions, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. Of note, Black River Medical Center was disbanded.