Verity Medical Foundation

Verity Medical Foundation, the covered entity (CE), reported a breach that occurred when one of its websites, www.sanjosemed.com, was compromised and was being used to distribute malware to website visitors. The breach affected approximately 9,353 individuals who were patients of the San Jose Medical Group, which joined the CE in 2012. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and the last 4 digits of credit card numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and also provided substitute notice. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE immediately disabled the website to prevent incidents such as this occurring in the future. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.