The Surgeons of Lake County, LLC

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The Surgeons of Lake County, LLC, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 7,067 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Affected individuals were also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its employees and implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.