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 Dec. 13, 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
- Dec. 13, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9559, row:698)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Summit Medical Group, reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 464,159 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.