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. 12, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- George West Mental Health Foundation dba Skyland Trail, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 12, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12682, row:3821)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), George West Mental Health Foundation dba Skyland Trail, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,724 patients. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, gender, and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.