Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Preferred Hospital Leasing Muleshoe, Inc d/b/a Muleshoe Area Medical Center

1,212 individuals · submitted July 5, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Preferred Hospital Leasing Muleshoe dba Muleshoe Area Medical Center, reported that its business associate was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,212 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. OCR has initiated a compliance review of the business associate regarding this breach.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Preferred Hospital Leasing Muleshoe, Inc d/b/a Muleshoe Area Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,212
Submission date
July 5, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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