HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Envision Home Health and Hospice, UT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11808, row:2947)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Envision Home Health and Hospice, reported that an employee responded to a phishing email and provided the protected health information (PHI) of 5,381 individuals. The PHI involved included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding its HIPAA Security Rule requirements.