CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 9, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

11,603

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc. d/b/a Retinal Consultants Medical Group reported to HHS on 2021-11-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 11,603 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI, including names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial/claims data. The entity implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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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

Nov 9, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_01dee6b79d97e9ea2021-11-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_582f7ae1bff9f1a32021-11-09Verified

Name: Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.
norm: vitreo retinal medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.
norm: vitreo retinal medical
Also named: Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Retinal Consultants Medical Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11,603nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Provided affected individuals with a dedicated number for questions or concerns
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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California State AGNov 9 · first

Montana State AGNov 9 · first

HHS OCRNov 9 · first · this page

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: Nov 9, 2021
Raw hash: 2a5140abfd3cdb9f6f273472e945dda3c1d5c9831bbc50336d69579e8904464e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.

Victim entityVitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing