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 7, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Front Range Dermatology Associates, P.C., CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Email, Laptop
- Submission date
- March 7, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13901, row:5040)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Front Range Dermatology Associates, reported that an employee sent protected health information (PHI) to a former employee. This breach affected 1,070 individuals. The PHI involved included names, clinical information, health insurance information, and financial data. The CE notified OCR, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also established a toll free phone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff. The CE also implemented additional administrative and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.