Mattapan Community Health Center

The covered entity (CE), Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,073 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information. Following the breach, MCHC implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security. MCHC also provided complimentary credit monitoring services and established a call center for questions or concerns. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE received technical assistance pertaining to the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules.