A business associate (BA), Practice Transformation Solutions, LLC, was informed by its covered entity (CE) that one of the its employees was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,678 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, patient account numbers, and health insurance and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
