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Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center

ArchivedSubmitted 10/31/2022

Updated 12 hours ago ()

State
NC
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
18,479
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of breached information
Email
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Sep 23, 2026
Last seen in OCR export
Oct 26, 2026

OCR description

The covered entity (CE), Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 18,479 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. The CE also retrained its staff on email security.

Change history

Change history
Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list

Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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