AZSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved

Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.

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Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, P.C. (AZ) reported to HHS on 2025-05-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5,509 individuals. Several employees were subjects of an email phishing attack exposing PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. Breached information located on Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, offered credit monitoring, and implemented additional safeguards and workforce retraining.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,509 affectedView incident

Source provenance

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: May 2, 2025
Raw hash: 9463d4d4b5eabb6496f65307fc454197b8ffab2ea810be3ca7c17b70e989f0aa

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.
norm: arthritis and rheumatism associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C.
norm: arthritis and rheumatism associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,509
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICHEALTH_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

Compliance

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.