Superior Dental Care Alliance

Superior Dental Care Alliance, a business associate (BA), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 41,551 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, claims information, and financial information. Interestingly, the CE and BA merged into a single entity. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.