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Connecticut Medical Rehabilitation Center Announces Hacking Incident

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare is notifying patients affected by a December hacking incident, and Gainwell Technologies has reported a breach involving the data of Medicaid recipients in Georgia.

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, Connecticut

Gaylord Farm Association Inc., doing business as Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, a nonprofit medical rehabilitation center in Wallingford, Connecticut, has recently started notifying patients about a December 2024 security incident that potentially involved unauthorized access to patient information.

Suspicious activity was identified within its computer network on December 19, 2024, and the forensic investigation confirmed unauthorized access to its network from December 16 to December 19. Files were reviewed to determine the types of information involved and the individuals affected. On August 25, 2025, Gaylord learned that the impacted data included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer ID numbers, driver’s license or state ID numbers, passport numbers, account numbers, routing numbers, payment card numbers, payment card CVVs, medical record numbers, mental or physical condition, treatment information, diagnoses and diagnosis codes, treatment locations, procedure types, provider names, treatment costs, medical date of services, admission/discharge dates, prescriptions, billing/claims information, health insurance information and/or patient account numbers.

Gaylord said it issued a provisional notice to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights about the data breach and uploaded a breach notice to its website on February 28, 2025; however, the incident is not yet shown on the HHS’ data breach portal, which suggests the initial estimate indicated that fewer than 500 individuals were affected. Gaylord said the delay in issuing individual notifications was due to the complex and time-consuming review of the affected files, which required a manual review of thousands of documents. Security policies, procedures, and practices have been reviewed and enhanced to prevent similar breaches in the future. The total number of affected individuals is not currently known, although the breach was reported to the Maine Attorney General as affecting 75 Maine residents.

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Gainwell Technologies, Virginia

Gainwell Technologies, a provider of technology solutions and software to healthcare organizations and government agencies, has recently announced a data breach affecting 912 Medicaid recipients in Georgia. Gainwell Technologies is the fiscal agent for Medicaid in the state, and contracts with Georgia’s Department of Community Health. According to a statement issued by the contractor, on July 23, 2025, an unauthorized caller requested access to payments to providers and gained access to a reimbursement account that contained patient information.

The account contained billing statements that included Medicaid recipients’ names, Medicaid ID numbers, coverage information, and payment information for the periods when services were received. Gainwell Technologies said it is unaware of any misuse of the affected data but has offered complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals for a period of one year as a precaution.

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