Benefit Management, LLC

The business associate (BA), Benefit Management, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 29,119 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.