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. 12, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Summit Medical Group, PLLC, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 12, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10206, row:1345)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Summit Medical Group, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 4,135 individuals. The PHI involved included names, patient identification numbers, birthdates, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.