The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics

The covered entity (CE), The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, reported that multiple employee were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 125,291 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, diagnoses, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.