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 April 18, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Gary W Peer MD, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 18, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13447, row:4586)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Gary W. Peer, MD, reported that his practice was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting approximately 3,400 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. The CE also established a toll-free number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its data and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.