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 5, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Health Recovery Services, Inc., OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 5, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13473, row:4612)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Health Recovery Services, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 20,485 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, treatment information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new technical safeguards to better protect its data. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.