Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeons

67,477 individuals · submitted December 19, 2023

About this report

Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeons, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 67,477 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeons
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
67,477
Submission date
December 19, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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