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 Oct. 29, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Surecare Specialty Pharmacy, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11823, row:2962)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Surecare Specialty Pharmacy, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,412 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, health insurance information, and prescription information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.