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. 7, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- South West Family Medicine Associates, PA, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 7, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9615, row:754)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Southwest Family Medicine Associates the covered entity (CE) reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 36,959 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach and OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its policies and procedures, implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members.