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 April 28, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Michigan Facial Aesthetic Surgeons d/b/a University Physician Group, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- April 28, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14199, row:5338)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Michigan Facial Aesthetic Surgeons dba University Physician Group, reported that an employee’s laptop, containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,467 individuals, was stolen. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and provided substitute notice. The CE established a complimentary phone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE revised its policies and procedures and retrained its employees. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.