Evergreen Treatment Services

Evergreen Treatment Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that its computer system was breached by ransomware that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 21,325 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services and strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained.