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 Aug. 29, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- University of Iowa Health Care, IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 29, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9176, row:315)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
University of Iowa Health Care, the covered entity (CE) reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 101,875 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach and OCR’s investigation, the CE retrained its workforce members and those of its BA.