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 21, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 21, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9336, row:475)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore, the covered entity (CE) reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 28,968 individuals. The PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified impacted individuals and the media and the CE notified HHS of the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.