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 Sept. 25, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 25, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14702, row:5841)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group, reported that a business associate (BA), misconfigured its document scanning device allowing scanned records to be accessible via the Internet. The breach affected approximately 857 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, medical information, medical record numbers, health plan information, social security numbers, state license numbers, and full face photographic images. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. The CE also revised its policies and procedures, retrained workforce members, provided all affected individuals with credit monitoring and identity theft consultation services, and implemented a dedicated call center to assist affected individuals.