NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

OrthopedicsNY, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 12, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,493

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for OrthopedicsNY, LLP →4 incidents on file

Orthopedics NY, LLP reported to HHS on 2017-10-12 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2493 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A workforce member created post card invitations for a golf tournament containing patients’ names, addresses, and total joint replacement details, which were printed and mailed by a vendor.

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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

Oct 12, 2017

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,493 affectedView incident

Name: OrthopedicsNY, LLP
norm: orthopedicsny
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: OrthopedicsNY, LLP
norm: orthopedicsny
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,493nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Re-trained the staff member responsible for creating the invitations regarding the Privacy Rule
Implemented a process for the Compliance Officer to review all marketing mailing before distribution
Entered into a business associate (BA) agreement with its printing vendor
Provided breach notification to HHS, the media and affected individuals
Changes made: Review its practices to ensure compliance with the Breach Notification Rule’s Notice to Individuals requirements
Review its policies to ensure that it appropriately limits the PHI disclosed to the amount reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose of the disclosure
Revise its HIPAA policy to ensure that the correct contact information is listed for each identified designated official
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: Oct 12, 2017
Raw hash: b3ab4f3d842bf33c4de0bb6cd9df72f4d07512de173e92a1b882a2058367c95a

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Reporting entityOrthopedicsNY, LLP

Victim entityOrthopedicsNY, LLP

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseRe-trained the staff member responsible for creating the invitations regarding the Privacy Rule

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing