OCR HHS breach portal entry: Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. dba Eye Associates of Pinellas (FL, healthcare provider) reported a Hacking/IT Incident on a network server affecting 87,314 individuals, submitted 2016-05-05. A business associate was involved. The OCR narrative describes Bizmatics (an EHR/business-associate vendor) as having suffered a cyber-attack affecting PHI of patients of multiple covered entities; the narrative cites ~3,156 patients of named other CEs but Southeast Eye Institute's own filing reports 87,314 affected. PHI included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, clinical diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. Bizmatics engaged a cybersecurity firm, implemented additional safeguards, and retrained staff; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.
Affected (this filing): 87,314