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, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- FastHealth Corporation, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 27, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13909, row:5048)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
FastHealth Corporation, a business associate (BA), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 18,192 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and medications prescribed. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided the BA with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.