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Breach notice filed by American Home Patient (March 2017)

Organization named: American Home Patient Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

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 March 6, 2017.

Organization as reported
American Home Patient, TN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
March 6, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14250, row:5389)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), American Home Patient, reported that several unencrypted computer hard drives containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 13,709 individuals, were stolen. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, health insurance information, Social Security Numbers, diagnoses, dates of birth, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. As a result of the breach, the CE implemented additional physical and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 13,709 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 6, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14250)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • American Home Patient Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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