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 March 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Serenity Care PACE, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server, Other
- Submission date
- March 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12297, row:3436)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Serenity Care PACE, reported that its business associate (BA) was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 658 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and photographs. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.