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 Dec. 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Community Eye Care, LLC, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12444, row:3583)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Community Eye Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 149,804 individuals. The PHI involved included names, health insurance information, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring service and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.