Summa Health

Summa Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,488 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, email addresses, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.