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Emerson Hospital

Disclosed Mar 8, 20197 years ago6,314 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Emerson Hospital, reported that its business associate (BA), MiraMed Global Services Inc. impermissibly transmitted electronic files containing protected health information (PHI) to an unauthorized third party. This breach incident affected 6,314 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and insurance information. Following this breach incident, the CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, In addition, Emerson Hospital offered free identity protection services to all affected individuals.

What is known

People affected6,314 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedMar 8, 2019
HappenedMay 9, 2018
AttackInsider
Data exposedNames, Social Security numbers, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Emerson Hospitalin.gov · Official notice
Maine Attorney General breach notice archive: Emerson Hospitalmaine.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Emerson Hospital (Healthcare Provider, MA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Indiana AGresidents of INMar 8, 20191
Maine AGresidents of MEMar 8, 201925
HHS archivetotalMar 8, 20196,314

Other breaches at Emerson Hospital

BreachAffected
Disclosed May 26, 2020May 26, 20206 years ago3,386
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to insider · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["names","ssn"] to ["names","ssn","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), Emerson Hospital, reported that its business associate (BA), MiraMed Global Services Inc. impermissibly transmitted electronic files containing protected health information (PHI) to an unauthorized third party. This · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","ssn"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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