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 June 16, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- New Horizons Medical, Inc, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 16, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10656, row:1795)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), New Horizons Medical, Inc. reported that it experienced a hacking incident of its IT network that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 12,317 patients. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.