Carolina Arthritis Associates

Disclosed Feb 27, 202536,961 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Carolina Arthritis Associates, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 36,961 individuals. The PHI involved includes clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

What is known

People affected	36,961 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Feb 27, 2025
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeago.vermont.gov

Vermont Attorney General: 2025-02-27 Carolina Arthritis Associates Data Breach Notice to Consumers

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Carolina Arthritis Associates (Healthcare Provider, NC)

Notices filed

Residents of VTFeb 27, 2025

Vermont AGCount not stated

TotalFeb 27, 2025

HHS archive36,961 people

History of this record

sector2026-09-25

other to healthby backfillSource

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 36961by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Carolina Arthritis Associates, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 36,961 individuals. The PHI involved includes clinical, demographic, and financiby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Vermont AG), confirmed by Vermont AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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