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 June 8, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Rangely District Hospital, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
- Submission date
- June 8, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12850, row:3989)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Rangely District Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,339 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE offered identity theft protection services to those affected. The CE also revised and developed applicable policies and procedures and implemented additional technical safeguards.OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.