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 May 17, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Northern Rockies Orthopaedics, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 17, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11453, row:2592)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Northern Rockies Orthopaedics, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,701 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary identify protection services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.