Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (February 2020)

Organization named: Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 14, 2020.

Organization as reported: Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, TN
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: Feb. 14, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13003, row:4142)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 81,146 patients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

81,146 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Feb. 14, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2020-02-14Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13003)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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