HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Physician’s Business Office, Inc., WV
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11185, row:2324)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Physician’s Business Office, the business associate (BA) reported that it experienced a ransomware attach that compromised the protected heath information (PHI) of 196,673 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the BA retrained it staff and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.