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 4, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Politzer and Durocher, PLC d/b/a Optometric Physicians of Middle Tennessee, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 4, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9992, row:1131)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Optometric Physicians of Middle Tennessee, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 24,996 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, medication information, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.