GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Lanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 24, 2018

Filed

Jan 29, 2019

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1,950

Confidence

97%

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Lanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C. (GA) reported to HHS on 2019-01-29 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,950 individuals. On October 24, 2018, via a business associate, an employee erroneously sent emails to 1,953 patients containing a spreadsheet with PHI including names, genders, ages, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The CE sanctioned the employee, trained staff on a new email policy, terminated the BA contract, and revised its policies. Breached information was located in Email.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Oct 24, 2018

Begins

Oct 24, 2018

Discovered

Jan 29, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,950 affectedView incident

Name: Lanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C.
norm: lanier family cosmetic dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C.
norm: lanier family cosmetic dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 24, 2018
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,950nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigationOCR provided technical assistance on breach definition, notification, policies and procedures, and BA agreementsCE submitted breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Changes made: Apology email sent to affected individuals
Responsible employee sanctioned
All employees trained on new email policy
BA contract terminated
Policies and procedures reviewed, revised, and newly drafted
Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 24, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 24, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 24, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 24, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2019
Raw hash: 400a3d21bf82527a77a6dfcdb189a7ad6b3a819e754b4fa80b9a9ac96d07e398

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Reporting entityLanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C.

Victim entityLanier Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2018

Stated responseOCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing