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 Nov. 22, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Vann Virginia Center for Orthopaedics, PC dba Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 22, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9582, row:721)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Vann Virginia Center for Orthopaedics dba Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,264 individuals. The PHI involved in the incident included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and social security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Substitute notice was provided on the CE’s website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.