My Pediatrician

A hacker gained access to the protected health information (PHI) for 2,385 of the covered entity’s (CE) patients. The CE’s business associate (BA), Bizmatics, Inc., informed the CE, My Pediatrician, PA, about this incident. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also created a website with information about the breach and posted substitute notification about the breach. To mitigate harm, the CE sent notice of the breach to Equifax, Transunion, and Experian and provided affected individuals with instructions for registering a fraud alert with a credit reporting agency and instructions on how to obtain a free annual credit report. The CE also trained its staff on HIPAA awareness and retained outside counsel to provide further training and to review its policies. The CE did not have a BA agreement with the BA at the time of the breach, but entered into an agreement with the BA on July 12, 2016. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.