Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Apple Blossom Family Practice

12,053 individuals · submitted December 16, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Apple Blossom Family Practice, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,053 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided affected individuals with complimentary identity theft protection services. Following the breach, the CE closed its business and OCR subsequently closed the investigation.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Apple Blossom Family Practice
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,053
Submission date
December 16, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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