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 Sept. 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- EyeMed Vision Care LLC, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12622, row:3761)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
EyeMed Vision Care, a business associate (BA), reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,474,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.