Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

Professional Business Systems, Inc., d/b/a Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp.,

1,210,688 individuals · submitted July 1, 2021

About this report

The business associate (BA), Professional Business Systems dba Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,210,688 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI. Staff were also retrained on obligations to protect and secure PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Professional Business Systems, Inc., d/b/a Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp.,
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,210,688
Submission date
July 1, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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