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 April 26, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 26, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9945, row:1084)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,055 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, health insurance and financial information, diagnoses, medication information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.