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 Jan. 15, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Square Medical Group, LLC, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 15, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9482, row:621)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Square Medical Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee accidentally sent an email communication without using the blind carbon copy function. This affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,363 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The PHI involved included names and email addresses. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its staff on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.