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 29, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Sanitas Dental Management, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 29, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12861, row:4000)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sanitas Dental Management, reported that a computer server containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,310 individuals, was accidentally thrown away. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, birthdates, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and physical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.