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 3, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Methodist Family Health, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 3, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10757, row:1896)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Methodist Family Health, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,259 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, clinical diagnoses, treatment, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided substitute notification to the individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.