HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Oct. 28, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- LTC Dental, P.C., AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Oct. 28, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14676, row:5815)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
LTC Dental, P.C., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee’s laptop was stolen from her vehicle. The laptop was password protected, but not encrypted. Protected health information (PHI) involved included names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, insurance information, treatment information, and medical history. The breach affected 1,680 individuals. The CE notified OCR, all affected individuals, and the media. It also offered all affected individuals one year of identity theft and credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, LTC Dental implemented additional security measures and ensured that all computers were encrypted. All employees were trained to comply with HIPAA privacy and security practices. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.