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 27, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- SUMMIT EYE ASSOCIATES P.C., TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- April 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11499, row:2638)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Summit Eye Associates, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 53,818 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA. In its mitigation efforts, the CE established a call center and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to those affected.