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 July 31, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Muskingum Valley Health Centers, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- July 31, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12762, row:3901)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Muskingum Valley Health Centers, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 7,447 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medication information. The CE notified, HHS, affected individuals, the media, the FBI, and provided substitute notice In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.