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 June 22, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Atchafalaya Internal Medicine Associates, LA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Email, Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- June 22, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14153, row:5292)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Atchafalaya Internal Medicine Associates, reported a malware attack on its desktop computers that may have compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2000 patients. During the investigation, OCR learned that the owner of the CE had closed the business. On March 6, 2018, OCR received notification from the owner of Atchafalaya Internal Medicine Associates’ that all healthcare business activities for the entity have ceased, and the entity is no longer operating as a business. OCR verified that the office telephone number is out of service and the entity’s website no longer exists. The Secretary of State shows the entity has not had filings since February of 2017. Under these circumstances, Atchafalaya Internal Medicine Associates is no longer a covered entity and is not subject to the requirements of HIPAA.