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 Aug. 4, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Summit Medical Associates, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 4, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12755, row:3894)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Summit Medical Associates, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 7,264 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. During the course of OCR’s investigation, the CE shuttered its medical practice and as a result, OCR closed the investigation.