Healthcare Provider · Archived
BW Homecare Holdings, LLC d.b.a. Elara Caring
100,487 individuals · submitted February 24, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), BW Homecare Holdings dba Elara Caring, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 100,487 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- BW Homecare Holdings, LLC d.b.a. Elara Caring
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 100,487
- Submission date
- February 24, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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