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. 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates, PLLC, Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, and Carnegie Women’s Health (collectively, “the Practices”), NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9600, row:739)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entities (CE), Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates, PLLC, Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, and Carnegie Women’s Health, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 79,691 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CEs notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CEs implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.