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 Sept. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12673, row:3812)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,657 individuals. The PHI involved included names and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.