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 Sept. 19, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc d/b/a Treasure Coast Hospice (“Treasure Health”), FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 19, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9144, row:283)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc. d/b/a Treasure Coast Hospice, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 13,234 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.