Healthcare Provider · Archived
Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics of Atlanta, LLC
7,012 individuals · submitted November 16, 2018
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics of Atlanta, LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 7,012 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, financial information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and trained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics of Atlanta, LLC
- State
- GA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 7,012
- Submission date
- November 16, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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