ALASKAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLow

Alaska Orthopedic Specialists

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 19, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

553

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Alaska Orthopedic Specialists →

Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc. reported to HHS on 2015-11-19 a Theft affecting 553 individuals. A workforce member impermissibly sent electronic protected health information (ePHI), including demographic, financial, and clinical information, to a personal email account. The breach occurred between December 18, 2014, and April 14, 2015. Breached information was located on Email.

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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

Dec 18, 2014

Begins

Nov 19, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed553 affectedView incident

Name: Alaska Orthopedic Specialists
norm: alaska orthopedic specialists
Domain: akortho.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Alaska Orthopedic Specialists
norm: alaska orthopedic specialists
Domain: akortho.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2014 – Apr 14, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 553nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Engaged forensic firm
Issued cease and desist letter to former employee
Changes made: Offered identity-theft protection at no charge
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: Nov 19, 2015
Raw hash: 9166e33a263ec927fe4a36602c3d3f6ee833737893146f910980bc3e52d00319

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Reporting entityAlaska Orthopedic Specialists

Victim entityAlaska Orthopedic Specialists

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEngaged forensic firm

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing