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 7, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 7, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12886, row:4025)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 26,465 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, patient identification numbers, and medical records. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, both the CE and BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.