Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Pediatric Orthopedic Specialties, PA, dba ActivYouth Orthopaedics

24,176 individuals · submitted April 18, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Pediatric Orthopedic Specialties dba ActivYouth Orthopaedics, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 24,176 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and medical billing information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical and security safeguards and retrained it staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Pediatric Orthopedic Specialties, PA, dba ActivYouth Orthopaedics
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
24,176
Submission date
April 18, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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