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Breach notice filed by Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc. (November 2015)

Organization named: Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 19, 2015.

Organization as reported
Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc., AK
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Nov. 19, 2015
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14667, row:5806)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A workforce member of the covered entity (CE), Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, impermissibly sent copies of electronic protected health information (ePHI) to a personal email account between December 18, 2014 and April 14, 2015, which potentially affected approximately 553 individuals. The ePHI included demographic, financial and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE established a website, a related call center, and offered identity-theft protection at no charge. After discovering the breach, the CE hired a digital services consultant to investigate the matter and audit the company’s computer server and email to identify the scope and content of the breach. The CE issued a “cease and desist” letter to the former employee, demanding that the former employee take steps to secure the information and return it. The CE securely stored its remaining paper records and the computer server containing ePHI. OCR verified that business operations for the sole practitioner were officially dissolved on December 31, 2016.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 553 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Nov. 19, 2015, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14667)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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