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. 15, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Docs Medical Inc, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 15, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11049, row:2188)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Docs Medical, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,146 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.