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 May 7, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 7, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12170, row:3309)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a hacking incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,807 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, treatment information, financial information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.