HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Jan. 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Central Kansas Orthopedic Group, LLC, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13045, row:4184)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Central Kansas Orthopedic Group, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 17,214 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.