Fraser

The covered entity (CE), Fraser, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,890 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a toll-free information line for all affected individuals. Fraser also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to all affected individuals, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI, and trained all employees on methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.