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 Nov. 11, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, LLC, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 11, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11790, row:2929)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 21,162 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport numbers, diagnoses, financial information, 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 sensitive data. All staff were retrained.