GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

2,662

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC →

Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC (GA) reported to HHS on 2021-06-19 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 2,662 individuals. Medical records marked for shredding were inadvertently disposed of by janitorial staff. PHI exposed included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. Breached information was on Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring, and retrained staff on proper disposal procedures.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 19, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,662 affectedView incident

Name: Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
norm: eye consultants of atlanta piedmont system ambulatory surgery center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,662nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services
Retrained workforce on proper procedures for disposal of medical records and sensitive data
Changes made: Workforce retraining on proper disposal procedures for medical records and sensitive data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jun 19, 2021
Raw hash: 43bb85604029f3260a0b402a86adfa749f2e48388f710f19f5a46fc106e415c5

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Reporting entityEye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Victim entityEye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing