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 Feb. 27, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Carolina Arthritis Associates, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 27, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9427, row:566)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Carolina Arthritis Associates, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 36,961 individuals. The PHI involved includes clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.