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 Nov. 14, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Hospice and Palliative Care Charlotte Region dba VIA Health Partners, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 14, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9607, row:746)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hospice and Palliate Care Charlotte Region dba VIA Health Partners, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 777 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.