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 Jan. 7, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Heart ‘n Home Hospice, ID
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 7, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11680, row:2819)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Heart ‘n Home Hospice, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,769 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.