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 May 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Aspen Dental Management LLC, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- May 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12139, row:3278)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aspen Dental Management, reported that a hard drive that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 9,620 individuals was stolen from its office. The PHI involved included names, dental x-ray images, and medical record numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.