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 Nov. 17, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 17, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11781, row:2920)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Marietta Area Health Care dba Memorial Health System, reported that it experienced a hacking attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 216,470 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses and conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.