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 Sept. 2, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Genesis Health Care, Inc., SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 2, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11217, row:2356)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Genesis Health Care, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 21,226 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.