Health Data Breach Tracker/ID

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Heart ‘n Home Hospice

4,769 individuals · submitted January 7, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Heart ‘n Home Hospice, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,769 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Heart ‘n Home Hospice
State
ID
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,769
Submission date
January 7, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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