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 15, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- East Valley Ophthalmology, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- July 15, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11309, row:2448)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), East Valley Ophthalmology, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 20,734 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected.