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 March 6, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Dental Group of Amarillo, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 6, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10087, row:1226)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Dental Group of Amarillo, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 109,684 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.