New York Psychiatric Services, P.C., a private psychiatry and therapy practice with offices in New York City, appears on the federal HIPAA breach portal. The listing reports a hacking or IT incident affecting 777 individuals.
New York Psychiatric Services’s Data Breach Investigation
New York Psychiatric Services, P.C. is a private mental health practice that offers psychiatric evaluations, medication management and psychotherapy. Its public listings show offices in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and its providers include psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and licensed therapists.
The practice appears on the breach portal run by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Under HIPAA, a covered entity that experiences a breach of unsecured protected health information must report it to the federal government, and the portal publicly lists reports involving 500 or more individuals that remain under review. The entry for New York Psychiatric Services, P.C. is listed as a healthcare provider in New York.
According to that entry, the incident was reported to HHS on September 23, 2026 and involved 777 individuals. The type of breach is listed as hacking or an IT incident, and the location of the breached information is listed as a network server. The entry also indicates that no business associate was involved, which means the report does not attribute the incident to an outside vendor.
The portal entry is a short summary rather than a narrative account. The sources reviewed for this page do not describe how an unauthorized person gained access, which records on the server were reached, whether any information was copied, or how long the access lasted. The practice has not published a detailed public statement that we could find. Where a fact is not publicly available, this page says so rather than guessing, and it will be reviewed if the practice or a regulator releases more detail.
The type of information involved is not listed on the portal. A mental health practice typically keeps contact details, insurance information, appointment records, treatment notes and billing data. That is general context about the healthcare sector, not a statement about which records were involved here. Mental health information is especially sensitive, because it can reveal diagnoses, medications and personal circumstances that people have shared in confidence.
Healthcare organizations are a frequent target of hackers because their records combine identity details with medical and financial information. A network server holding patient files can be a single point where a large amount of data is stored, which is why an incident at one location can reach many people. The consequences for patients can include identity theft, insurance fraud and targeted scams that use medical details to sound credible.
Anyone who received a notice letter from the practice should read it closely. The letter is the best source for what happened in your case, what information of yours was involved, and what protective services, if any, are being offered. Keep the letter, the envelope and any enrollment instructions in a safe place, and note any deadline to sign up for monitoring.
Federal rules generally require a covered entity to notify affected individuals without unreasonable delay after discovering a breach. Because notices often go out well after an incident is discovered, receiving a letter does not necessarily mean the underlying event just happened. A report to HHS is not, by itself, a finding about fault or about whether the safeguards in place were adequate. Those questions remain open on the public record, and they are the kind of questions that attorneys can ask on behalf of people who were harmed.
When Did This Breach Occur?
The HHS portal shows that the breach was submitted to the Office for Civil Rights on September 23, 2026. The sources reviewed do not state when the hacking or IT incident itself occurred or when the practice discovered it. The date a breach is reported to a regulator is usually later than the incident, sometimes by months.
If you received a letter, its own dates and description are the most reliable record of the timeline for your information.
What Information Was Breached?
The HHS portal does not list the specific types of information involved. It lists the location of the breached information as a network server and the type of breach as hacking or an IT incident. No further detail about data fields has been published in the sources reviewed.
The notice letter you receive should state which of your details were involved. Until then, it is prudent to treat any information you provided to the practice, including insurance details and appointment or treatment records, as potentially at risk.
What You Can Do
If you received a notice related to New York Psychiatric Services or believe you may be affected, consider these steps:
- Read the notice carefully and keep it, along with any enrollment details for protection services it offers.
- Review insurance statements and explanation of benefits notices for care you did not receive, and be cautious of anyone who contacts you about your treatment and asks for payment or personal details.
- Place a free fraud alert or a credit freeze with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and get your reports free at annualcreditreport.com.
- Review bank, card and insurance statements for anything you do not recognize.
- Be skeptical of unexpected calls, texts or emails that mention the incident, and report suspected identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission at identitytheft.gov.
File a Data Breach Lawsuit Against New York Psychiatric Services
If you received a notice about this incident, or believe your personal or health information was exposed, you may have legal options. Healthcare providers are expected to safeguard the sensitive information entrusted to them, and a class action can help hold them accountable when they fail to do so.
Contact us at Class Action U, where we’ll connect you with a lawyer skilled in class action lawsuits. If you’ve been contacted about this breach, received notice, or discovered you were impacted, fill out our quick, easy, and secure form to sign up. There is no cost to reach out to our legal partner and no obligation after speaking with someone from our team.
