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 Oct. 17, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers of Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the West, LLC., NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 17, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9654, row:793)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers of Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the West, LLC reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 14,589 individuals. The PHI involved includes names, patient ID numbers, provider names, patient diagnoses/conditions, medications, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license, and social security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals, and implemented administrative, technical and security safeguards.