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. 7, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Internal Medicine Associates, LLC d/b/a Gastrointestinal Medicine Associates, RI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 7, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9769, row:908)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Internal Medicine Associates dba Gastrointestinal Medicine Associates, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 31,853 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented multi-factor authentication across all users, retrained workforce members, and implemented new technical safeguards.