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 3, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- McCoy Vision Center, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- June 3, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11407, row:2546)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), McCoy Vision Center, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 33,930 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnostic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected.