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 Nov. 3, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Baywood Medical Associates, PLC dba Desert Pain Institute, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 3, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11815, row:2954)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Baywood Medical Associates dba Desert Pain Institute, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 44,850 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, addresses, financial and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services were provided to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff.