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 April 1, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Otolaryngology Associates, LLC, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 1, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9999, row:1138)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Otolaryngology Associates, LLC, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 316,802 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.