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 24, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Medical Billing Specialists, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 24, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9952, row:1091)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Medical Billing Specialists, reported that it was the subject of a data breach that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 43,673 individuals. The PHI involved demographic, clinical, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.