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 18, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 18, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13813, row:4952)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,546 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE transferred its data to an encrypted cloud-based server and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted. The practice was subsequently sold to another organization.