United States Medical Supply, LLC.

United States Medical Supply, the covered entity (CE), reported than an employee sent more than the minimum necessary electronic protected health information (ePHI) to its vendor. In addition, the employee also sent the ePHI to his/her personal email account. This breach affected 674 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, email addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, sanctioned the responsible employee, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.