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Breach notice filed by Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C. (August 2018)

Organization named: Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 Aug. 16, 2018.

Organization as reported
Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C., VA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
Aug. 16, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13720, row:4859)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A staff member inadvertently faxed 552 patients' billing statements to a law firm without an authorization when responding to a medical records request for two clients of the law firm. The billing statements contained protected health information (PHI), specifically, names and diagnoses. The covered entity (CE) provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE obtained verbal and written confirmation from the law firm that it shredded and/or permanently deleted all copies of the PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. The staff member responsible for the faxing error is no longer employed at the CE.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 552 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 16, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13720)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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