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 April 18, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Pediatric Orthopedic Specialties, PA, dba ActivYouth Orthopaedics, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 18, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13446, row:4585)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pediatric Orthopedic Specialties dba ActivYouth Orthopaedics, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 24,176 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and medical billing information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical and security safeguards and retrained it staff.