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 July 7, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- The Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary (ACASM), PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 7, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14488, row:5627)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary, experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 13,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.