Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Professional Dental Alliance, LLC

47,173 individuals · submitted October 1, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Professional Dental Alliance, reported that employees of its business associate (BA) were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 47,173 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. A call center was established for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained it staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Professional Dental Alliance, LLC
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
47,173
Submission date
October 1, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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