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 30, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services - Iowa Medicaid, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 30, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10689, row:1828)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Iowa Department of Health and Human Services - Iowa Medicaid, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 233,834. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, medications, and dental records. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and implemented additional technical safeguards.