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 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Aveanna Healthcare, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10066, row:1205)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aveanna Healthcare reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 65,482 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, prescription information, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee, provided complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.