HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 8, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- AZ Plastic Surgery Center, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 8, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13541, row:4680)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Arizona Plastic Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that its computer system was hacked by cyber criminals. This breach incident affected 5,524 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, social security numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. In response to this breach incident, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards. Following OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its privacy and security policies and procedures, implemented security safeguards, and retrained its workforce members.