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 May 13, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Healthcare Assistance Plan for Employees of Seventh-day Adventist Organization of the North American Division, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 13, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11459, row:2598)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Healthcare Assistance Plan for Employees of Seventh-day Adventist Organization of the North American Division, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,008 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.