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 June 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12067, row:3206)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, reported that medical records that were marked and separated for shredding were inadvertently disposed of by janitorial staff. The breach involved the protected health information (PHI) of 2,662 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper procedures for disposal of medical records and other sensitive data.