VIRGINIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 16, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

552

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C. →

Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C. (VA) reported to HHS on 2018-08-16 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 552 individuals. A staff member inadvertently faxed 552 patients' billing statements to a law firm without authorization while responding to a medical records request. The PHI included patient names and diagnoses. The law firm confirmed destruction of all PHI copies. The responsible staff member is no longer employed at the covered entity. Breached information located on: Other.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 16, 2018

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed552 affectedView incident

Name: Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C.
norm: wardell orthopaedics
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Wardell Orthopaedics, P.C.
norm: wardell orthopaedics
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 552nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Obtained verbal and written confirmation from the law firm that it shredded and/or permanently deleted all copies of the PHI.
Staff member responsible for the faxing error is no longer employed at the covered entity.
Changes made: PHI confirmed shredded/permanently deleted by receiving law firm.
Staff member who caused the faxing error separated from employment.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2018
Raw hash: 18eeb2d8da47563b1930dd8e7b9446a3a93c81822878debf7b50e0874c60ca57

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Reporting entityWardell Orthopaedics, P.C.

Victim entityWardell Orthopaedics, P.C.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing