Health Data Breach Tracker/MT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Northern Rockies Orthopaedics

6,701 individuals · submitted May 17, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Northern Rockies Orthopaedics, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,701 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary identify protection services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Northern Rockies Orthopaedics
State
MT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
6,701
Submission date
May 17, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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