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Baystate Family Dental, Inc.

MAPractice
  1. Claim reportedNot reached
  2. CorroboratedNot reached
  3. Regulator filing locatedHHS · May 4, 2018
  4. Enforcement actionNot reached
People affected (as filed)500
Breach typeTheft
Location of dataPaper/Films
Business associate involvedNo
HHS submission dateMay 4, 2018
Incident dateNot stated in filing

Coverage summary: OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), Baystate Family Dental, after it filed a breach report stating that a former employee impermissibly accessed protected health information (PHI), potentially affecting all 4,800 patients at the facility. The types of PHI involved in the breach included patients' names, dates of birth, dates of service, claims information, payment information,…

Status history

  1. ▣Regulator filing locatedHHS · May 4, 2018

Timeline

  1. May 4, 2018Breach report filed with HHS OCR: 500 people, Paper/Films.Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal
  2. Nov 1, 2026Record retrieved and matched by DDSBreach.Source: HHS OCR archive

What this means

If you're a patientLook for a notice letter from the practice. Watch insurance statements for services you didn't receive, and consider a free credit freeze with the three bureaus.
If you run a practiceCheck whether you share software, IT providers or billing vendors named in this record. Confirm your own backups, remote access and email protections with your IT provider.

Change log

2026-11-01 · Record created from public sources