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 Dec. 23, 2013.
- Organization as reported
- Jeff Spiegel, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2013
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15226, row:6365)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel’s practice, the covered entity (CE), mistakenly sent a promotional email to approximately 500 patients with an attachment that included the email addresses of 832 patients. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE instituted a new procedure that requires two employees to proof promotional emails prior to sending. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions listed above were completed.