Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Health Plan · Archived

Superior Dental Care

38,260 individuals · submitted March 25, 2019

About this report

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.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Superior Dental Care
State
OH
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
38,260
Submission date
March 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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