HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 6, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Skin MD, PLLC, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 6, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10923, row:2062)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Skin MD, reported that paper medical records containing the protected health information (PHI) of 7,558 individuals were improperly disposed of. The PHI involved includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect its PHI.