DisclosureLens
MARYLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 1, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C. →2 incidents on file

Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C. reported to HHS on 2019-03-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 500 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting ePHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, claims, and clinical data. The entity implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 1, 2019

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed500 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.