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 July 20, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 20, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12777, row:3916)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 25,554 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.