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 Sept. 28, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Reichert Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Sept. 28, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13678, row:4817)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Reichert Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) took a hard drive from the BA’s office without authorization and it was subsequently stolen. This breach affected approximately 3,380 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, treatment information, insurance information, and financial information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE offered free credit monitoring for all affected individuals. The CE implemented physical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures to include the safeguarding of computer equipment containing PHI, and retrained its workforce members. During the investigation the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to prevent access to its computer systems from unauthorized individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.