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. 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Fondren Orthopedic Group L.L.P., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13060, row:4199)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Fondren Orthopedic Group, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 30,049 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, health insurance information, and medication 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 ePHI.