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Breach notice filed by Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc. (March 2021)

Organization named: Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 March 26, 2021.

Organization as reported
Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc., GA
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
March 26, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12262, row:3401)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The business associate (BA), Healthgrades Operating Company, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 35,485 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The BA notified HHS and the covered entity notified affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented a new email and security awareness program, implemented additional technical safeguards, and sanctioned and retrained the employee responsible for the breach.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 35,485 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 26, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12262)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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