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 Dec. 20, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Southern Orthopaedic Associates d/b/a Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 20, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11724, row:2863)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southern Orthopaedic Associates dba Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky, reported that multiple employees were the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 106,910 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, health insurance information, and other treatment information. Account. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.