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 Dec. 17, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Surgery Group SC, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 17, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11725, row:2864)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Surgery Group SC, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 7,646 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, conditions, medications, lab results, claims information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and revised its policies and procedures.