Newton Centre Dental

Newton Centre Dental, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,547 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, claims and health insurance information, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.