Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Montgomery Hospice, Inc.

6,741 individuals · submitted January 15, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Montgomery Hospice, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 6,741 individuals. The PHI involved included names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE retrained workforce members, offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals, and implemented new technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Montgomery Hospice, Inc.
State
MD
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
6,741
Submission date
January 15, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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