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, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Northern Eye Care Associates, P.C., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- April 28, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11496, row:2635)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Northern Eye Care Associates, reported that its business associate (BA) was the subject of a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 7,873 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguard to better protect PHI.