HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 5, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Amerita, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 5, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10477, row:1616)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Amerita, reported that its parent company PharMerica experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 219,707 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, claims and financial information, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.