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 March 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Superior Dental Care, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13491, row:4630)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Superior Dental Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 41,768 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, claims data, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards to protect the privacy of its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.