River City Whole Health

The covered entity (CE), River City Whole Health, Ltd., reported that several former employees used their usernames and passwords to access the electronic patient protected health information (ePHI) of 2,714 individuals after termination of their employment. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule obligations.