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 Dec. 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Apple Blossom Family Practice, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11727, row:2866)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Apple Blossom Family Practice, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,053 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided affected individuals with complimentary identity theft protection services. Following the breach, the CE closed its business and OCR subsequently closed the investigation.