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 March 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- US Wellness Inc., MD
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10833, row:1972)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), U.S. Wellness, reported that its third-party vendor was the victim of a cybersecurity attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 15,818 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and dates of birth. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA offered complimentary credit and identity protection services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.