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 Oct. 28, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Nationwide Optometry, PC, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11091, row:2230)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Nationwide Optometry, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 73,073 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, drivers’ license or state identification numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses, medications, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA provided free credit monitoring and identity restoration services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.