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Rockville Eye Surgery Center LLC dba Palisades Eye Surgery Center

2,696 individuals · submitted July 17, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Rockville Eye Surgery Center dba Palisades Eye Surgery Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,696 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit and identity theft restoration services. In addition, the CE established a call center to address questions and concerns about the incident. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Rockville Eye Surgery Center LLC dba Palisades Eye Surgery Center
State
MD
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,696
Submission date
July 17, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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