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 July 17, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Rockville Eye Surgery Center LLC dba Palisades Eye Surgery Center, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 17, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13313, row:4452)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rockville Eye Surgery Center dba Palisades Eye Surgery Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,696 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit and identity theft restoration services. In addition, the CE established a call center to address questions and concerns about the incident. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.