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 Nov. 21, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Pinnacle Claims Management, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 21, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9586, row:725)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Pinnacle Claims Management, the business associate (BA), reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,119 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, treatment information and diagnoses information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the incident, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards.