Thomasville Eye Center

Thomasville Eye Center (GA) reported to HHS on 2016-09-28 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,891 individuals. An employee accessed patient records on a Desktop Computer without authorization and opened a fraudulent credit account for at least one patient. The employee accessed records of 11,137 individuals during employment, exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and billing information. The employee was terminated and law enforcement (local and FBI) was notified. Corrective actions included employee retraining and revised access-control policies.

Affected (this filing): 10,891