HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of May 27, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Stephen Sims, MD, PA dba North Lakes Pain Consultants, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11428, row:2567)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Stephen Sims, MD, PA, dba North Lakes Pain Consultants, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 8,620 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained it staff.