Healthcare Provider · Archived
OrthoWest, PC
1,369 individuals · submitted June 30, 2022
About this report
OrthoWest, the business associate (BA) and covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,369 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- OrthoWest, PC
- State
- NE
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,369
- Submission date
- June 30, 2022
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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