HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of April 28, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Affiliated Eye Surgeons, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11498, row:2637)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Affiliated Eye Surgeons, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 23,377 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.