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 Sept. 30, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Optum Medical Care of New Jersey, P.C., NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 30, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11152, row:2291)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Optum Medical Care of New Jersey, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack which affected the protected health information (PHI) of 12,499 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the media, affected individuals, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring services.