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Breach notice filed by Dental Health Services, Inc (April 2024)

Organization named: Dental Health Services, Inc Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 16, 2024.

Organization as reported
Dental Health Services, Inc, WA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 16, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9975, row:1114)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Dental Health Services, reported that it inadvertently emailed the protected health information of (PHI) of 1,778 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, member identification numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE promptly conducted an internal investigation and secured the affected systems. The CE also implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,778 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 16, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9975)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Dental Health Services, Inc Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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