The covered entity (CE), University of Michigan-Michigan Medicine (Michigan Medicine), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 5,466 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and treatment information. Michigan Medicine notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Employees were retrained on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that Michigan Medicine implemented the corrective actions noted.
