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 Dec. 19, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Metropolitan Area EMS Authority dba MedStar Mobile Healthcare, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 19, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10999, row:2138)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Metropolitan Area EMS Authority dba Medstar Mobile Healthcare, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 612,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.