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 June 21, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Dominion Dental Services, Inc., Dominion National Insurance Company, and Dominion Dental Services USA, Inc., VA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 21, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13357, row:4496)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Dominion Dental Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,964,778 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, some Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE updated its Security Rule Risk Management Plan and implemented new technical safeguards to mitigate harm.