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 23, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Robert Peterson DDS, PC, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 23, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10045, row:1184)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Robert Peterson, DDS, reported that it experienced a breach when unauthorized individuals entered his office and accessed and, in some cases, stole the protected health information (PHI) of 6500 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, financial and claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.