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 Aug. 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Healthpointe Medical Group, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11934, row:3073)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Healthpointe Medical Group, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 11,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce members and implemented additional technical safeguards.