Penn-Mar Human Services

The covered entity (CE), Penn-Mar Human Services, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 536 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE also retrained its workforce members on email security.