diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/util/feign/FeignUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/util/feign/FeignUtil.java
index 579b1017..d962695d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/util/feign/FeignUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/util/feign/FeignUtil.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class FeignUtil {
   public static final String AIO_FEIGN_RETRY_MAX_PERIOD = "AIO_FEIGN_RETRY_MAX_PERIOD";
 
 
-  private static final int DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 10;
-  private static final int DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 60;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 10;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 60;
   public static final long DEFAULT_RETRY_PERIOD_IN_SECONDS = 1000L;
   public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
   public static final long DEFAULT_MAX_PERIOD_IN_SECONDS = 4L;
diff --git a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishService.java b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishService.java
index 821d6ef8..455c0ba8 100644
--- a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishService.java
+++ b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishService.java
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String data)
       throws JsonProcessingException;
   CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId,  String data)
       throws JsonProcessingException;
+  CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId, JsonNode data);
+
   void publishRawEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String rawEvent);
 
+  void publishRawEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId, String rawEvent);
+
   static Builder builder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
diff --git a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/api/PublishApi.java b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/api/PublishApi.java
index f2f9a8e2..209d2fe0 100644
--- a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/api/PublishApi.java
+++ b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/api/PublishApi.java
@@ -26,26 +26,37 @@ public interface PublishApi {
    * publish a Cloud Event Payload
    *
    * @param body your CloudEvent Input Model
+   * @param isPhiData true if the event contains PHI Data
    */
   @RequestLine("POST")
-  @Headers({"Content-Type: application/cloudevents+json"})
-  void publishCloudEvent(CloudEvent body);
+  @Headers({
+          "Content-Type: application/cloudevents+json",
+          "x-event-phidata: {isPhiData}"})
+  void publishCloudEvent(
+          @Param("isPhiData") Boolean isPhiData,
+          CloudEvent body);
 
   /**
    * publish a Raw Event Json Payload
+   * @param isPhiData true if the event contains PHI Data
    * @param eventCode the Adobe I/O EventMetadata eventCode associated with the Event
    * @param providerId  the Adobe I/O EventMetadata ProviderId associated with the Event
+   * @param eventId the eventId you want to assign to this the Event (mandatory if isPhiData is true)
    * @param rawEvent the Raw Event Json Payload to publish
    */
   @RequestLine("POST")
   @Headers({
-      "Content-Type: application/json",
-      "x-adobe-event-provider-id: {providerId}",
-      "x-adobe-event-code: {eventCode}"
+          "Content-Type: application/json",
+          "x-event-phidata: {isPhiData}",
+          "x-event-id: {eventId}",
+          "x-adobe-event-provider-id: {providerId}",
+          "x-adobe-event-code: {eventCode}"
   })
   void publishRawEvent(
-      @Param("providerId") String providerId,
-      @Param("eventCode") String eventCode,
-      JsonNode rawEvent);
+          @Param("isPhiData") Boolean isPhiData,
+          @Param("providerId") String providerId,
+          @Param("eventCode") String eventCode,
+          @Param("eventId") String eventId,
+          JsonNode rawEvent);
 
 }
diff --git a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/feign/FeignPublishService.java b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/feign/FeignPublishService.java
index 1504ffe1..1cb00cc7 100644
--- a/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/feign/FeignPublishService.java
+++ b/events_ingress/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/feign/FeignPublishService.java
@@ -54,23 +54,37 @@ public CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode,
 
   @Override
   public CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId,
-      String data) throws JsonProcessingException {
-    return publishCloudEvent(providerId, eventCode, eventId, JacksonUtil.getJsonNode(data));
+      String cloudEventData) throws JsonProcessingException {
+    return publishCloudEvent(providerId, eventCode, eventId, JacksonUtil.getJsonNode(cloudEventData));
   }
 
   @Override
   public CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId,
-      JsonNode data) {
+                                      JsonNode cloudEventData) {
+    return publishCloudEvent(false, providerId, eventCode, eventId, cloudEventData);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public CloudEvent publishCloudEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId,
+                                     JsonNode cloudEventData) {
     CloudEvent inputModel = CloudEvent.builder()
         .providerId(providerId).eventCode(eventCode).eventId(eventId)
-        .data(data).build();
-    publishApi.publishCloudEvent(inputModel);
+        .data(cloudEventData).build();
+    publishApi.publishCloudEvent(isPhiData, inputModel);
     return inputModel;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void publishRawEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String rawEvent) {
-    publishApi.publishRawEvent(providerId,  eventCode, getJsonNode(rawEvent));
+    publishApi.publishRawEvent(false, providerId,  eventCode, null, getJsonNode(rawEvent));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void publishRawEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId, String rawEvent) {
+    if (isPhiData !=null && isPhiData && StringUtils.isEmpty(eventId)) {
+      throw new AIOException("Cannot publish PHI data without an eventId");
+    }
+    publishApi.publishRawEvent(isPhiData, providerId,  eventCode, eventId, getJsonNode(rawEvent));
   }
 
   private static JsonNode getJsonNode(String jsonPayload)  {
diff --git a/events_test/pom.xml b/events_test/pom.xml
index bf057506..81573b7f 100644
--- a/events_test/pom.xml
+++ b/events_test/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.6</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/events_test/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceTester.java b/events_test/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceTester.java
index 14053d6b..ac8f844e 100644
--- a/events_test/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceTester.java
+++ b/events_test/src/main/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceTester.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import com.adobe.aio.event.publish.model.CloudEvent;
+import com.adobe.aio.util.JacksonUtil;
 import com.adobe.aio.util.WorkspaceUtil;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -37,15 +38,15 @@ public PublishServiceTester(){
         .build();
   }
 
-  public String publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode) {
+  public String publishCloudEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode) {
     String eventId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    return this.publishCloudEvent(providerId, eventCode, eventId, getDummyDataNode(eventId));
+    return this.publishCloudEvent(isPhiData, providerId, eventCode, eventId, getDummyDataNode(eventId));
   }
 
-  public String publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId, String data) {
+  public String publishCloudEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId, String data) {
     try {
-      CloudEvent cloudEvent = publishService.publishCloudEvent(
-          providerId, eventCode, eventId, data);
+      CloudEvent cloudEvent = publishService.publishCloudEvent(isPhiData,
+          providerId, eventCode, eventId, JacksonUtil.getJsonNode(data));
       logger.info("Published CloudEvent: {}", cloudEvent);
       assertEquals(eventId, cloudEvent.getId());
       assertEquals(CloudEvent.SOURCE_URN_PREFIX + providerId, cloudEvent.getSource());
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ public String publishCloudEvent(String providerId, String eventCode, String even
     }
   }
 
+  public String publishRawEvent(Boolean isPhiData, String providerId, String eventCode, String eventId) {
+    publishService.publishRawEvent(isPhiData, providerId, eventCode, eventId, getDummyDataNode(eventId));
+    logger.info("Published Raw Event: {}", getDummyDataNode(eventId));
+    return eventId;
+  }
+
   public String publishRawEvent(String providerId, String eventCode) {
     String eventId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     publishService.publishRawEvent(providerId, eventCode, getDummyDataNode(eventId));
diff --git a/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/journal/JournalServiceIntegrationTest.java b/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/journal/JournalServiceIntegrationTest.java
index 54db3e23..221a8ba4 100644
--- a/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/journal/JournalServiceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/journal/JournalServiceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public void testJournalPolling()
           TEST_REGISTRATION_NAME, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE);
       registrationId = registration.getRegistrationId();
 
-      String cloudEventId = publishServiceTester.publishCloudEvent(providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE);
+      String cloudEventId = publishServiceTester.publishCloudEvent(false, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE);
       boolean wasCloudEventPolled = pollJournalForEvent(
           registration.getJournalUrl().getHref(), cloudEventId, isEventIdTheCloudEventId);
 
diff --git a/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceIntegrationTest.java b/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceIntegrationTest.java
index 5af6f473..c76aeb8b 100644
--- a/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/events_test/src/test/java/com/adobe/aio/event/publish/PublishServiceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 import static com.adobe.aio.event.management.ProviderServiceIntegrationTest.TEST_EVENT_CODE;
 import static com.adobe.aio.event.management.ProviderServiceIntegrationTest.TEST_EVENT_PROVIDER_LABEL;
 import static com.adobe.aio.event.management.RegistrationServiceIntegrationTest.TEST_REGISTRATION_NAME;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import com.adobe.aio.event.management.ProviderServiceTester;
 import com.adobe.aio.event.management.RegistrationServiceTester;
+import com.adobe.aio.exception.AIOException;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -49,8 +48,16 @@ public void publishEventTest() {
       registrationId = registrationServiceTester.createOrUpdateJournalRegistration(
           TEST_REGISTRATION_NAME, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE).getRegistrationId();
 
-      assertNotNull(publishCloudEvent(providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE));
+      assertNotNull(publishCloudEvent(null, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE));
+      assertNotNull(publishCloudEvent(false, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE));
+      assertNotNull(publishCloudEvent(true, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE));
       assertNotNull(publishRawEvent(providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE));
+      assertNotNull(publishRawEvent(Boolean.TRUE, providerId, TEST_EVENT_CODE, "someEventId"));
+
+      final String finalProviderId = providerId;
+      Exception ex = assertThrows(AIOException.class,() -> publishRawEvent(Boolean.TRUE, finalProviderId, TEST_EVENT_CODE, null));
+      assertEquals("Cannot publish PHI data without an eventId", ex.getMessage());
+
     } catch (Exception e) {
       logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
       fail(e.getMessage());