Covenant Care California, LLC, on behalf of relevant affiliated nursing facilities

The covered entity (CE), Covenant Care California (CCC), LLC, reported that it was a victim of a phishing scheme involving an employee’s email account that was compromised. This breach affected 10,831 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, dates of death, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and treatment information. CCC notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Substitute notice was also provided. As a result of this breach, CCC implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards in an effort to better protect its PHI. Affected individuals were offered free credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services. OCR also provided CCC with technical assistance regarding its security management process and obtained assurances that CCC implemented the corrective actions noted above.