Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.

500 individuals · submitted March 1, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 500 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.
State
MD
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
March 1, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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