Aging Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County

The covered entity (CE), Aging Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County, experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 14,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.