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 Feb. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- James F. Collette DDS & David N. Hamilton DDS PLLC, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13002, row:4141)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
James F. Collette, DDS & David N. Hamilton, DDS, PLLC, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 544 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its HIPAA security procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.