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, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- KIM P. KORNEGAY, DMD, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 19, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13444, row:4583)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Kim P. Kornegay, DMD, the covered entity (CE), reported that two unauthorized individuals entered his office and removed and accessed protected health information (PHI). This breach affected 24,000 individuals, The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, insurance information, financial information, and clinical information. In response to this breach, the CE filed a police report and a motion in superior court for the return of the PHI. In response to OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative and physical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance on the proper reporting of breach notifications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.