Boys Town National Research Hospital

The covered entity (CE), Boys Town National Research Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 105,309 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license information, passport information, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, financial information, clinical information, and other demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. The CE also offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.