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 Nov. 3, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 3, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11071, row:2210)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Pinnacle Claims Management, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,048 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data.