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 July 19, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Barrett Eye Care, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 19, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9793, row:932)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Barrett Eye Care, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,648individuals. The PHI involved demographic and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice in a major print publication. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.