HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Addison County Home Health & Hospice, VT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13354, row:4493)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Addison County Home Health & Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 758 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, treatment information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards including revising its policies and procedures and retrained its staff.