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 19, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Fairfield County Implants and Periodontics, LLC, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 19, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11516, row:2655)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Fairfield County Implants and Periodontics reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 10,502 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, medications, diagnoses, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Employees were retrained on email security.