HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 10, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- EMS Management and Consultants Inc, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 10, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10529, row:1668)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), EMS Management and Consultants, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 223,598 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.