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 18, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Wheeling Health Right, Inc., WV
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 18, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11565, row:2704)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Wheeling Health Right, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,912 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, and other financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.