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 May 13, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Professional Dental Alliance of Florida PLLC d/b/a All Smiles Dentistry, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- May 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13407, row:4546)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Professional Dental Alliance of Florida, PLLC, dba All Smiles Dentistry, the covered entity (CE), reported than an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,505 individuals. The employee was subsequently arrested for identity theft and credit fraud. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, drivers’ license information, financial information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.