Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice

3,657 individuals · submitted September 14, 2020

About this report

Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,657 individuals. The PHI involved included names and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,657
Submission date
September 14, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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