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 May 22, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Everett & Hurite Ophthalmic Association, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 22, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12875, row:4014)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Everett & Hurite Ophthalmic Association, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 34,113 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.