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 July 12, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Aveanna Healthcare, LLC, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 12, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9805, row:944)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aveanna Healthcare reported that multiple employees emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 10,482 individuals to their personal email accounts. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to further protect its sensitive data.