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 Sept. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Bronx Anesthesia Services PC, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11179, row:2318)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bronx Anesthesia Services, reported that its business associate (BA) was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 17,802 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, health insurance information, medications prescribed, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.