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 Oct. 29, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Northern Iowa Therapy PC, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10386, row:1525)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Northern Iowa Therapy, the business associate (BA), reported that it experienced a cyberattack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 5,112 individuals. The breached PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, diagnoses and conditions, and health insurance and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. The BA took several corrective actions in response to the breach including implementing additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding its health information privacy compliance obligations.