From ClingantryAI Health Regulator News

Wisconsin-based ambulance provider Bell Ambulance, Inc. filed a breach report with HHS OCR on April 14, 2025. The filing indicates a hacking/IT incident compromised data stored on a network server, potentially affecting 237,830 individuals. As a healthcare provider, Bell Ambulance is a covered entity under HIPAA. This submission date reflects when the report was filed, not necessarily when the breach occurred or was discovered. Healthcare administrators should monitor for further details regarding the specific data types involved and any required notifications to affected individuals.

The most recent breach filed with federal regulators, on July 1, 2026, affected 8,157 people at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services — and it wasn't a computer hack at all. It involved paper and film records. Easy to forget when most breach news is about hackers: mishandled physical records are still a reportable breach, and still something your front-desk and records-handling procedures need to guard against.