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 April 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- LifeBridge Community Gastroenterology, LLC dba Woodholme Gastroenterology, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12181, row:3320)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), LifeBridge Community Gastroenterology dba Woodholme Gastroenterology, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 66,342 individuals. The PHI involved included names, mailing addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, patient identification numbers, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.