Kaiser Permanente

The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information of 990 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, gender, diagnoses, health insurance information, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.