Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Columbus Surgery Center, LLC

7,221 individuals · submitted December 7, 2017

About this report

Columbus Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 7,221 individuals. The PHI involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Columbus Surgery Center, LLC
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
7,221
Submission date
December 7, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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