Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Summit Medical Group, PLLC

4,135 individuals · submitted January 12, 2024

About this report

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.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Summit Medical Group, PLLC
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,135
Submission date
January 12, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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