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 Jan. 15, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Montgomery Hospice, Inc., MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 15, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12391, row:3530)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Montgomery Hospice, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 6,741 individuals. The PHI involved included names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE retrained workforce members, offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals, and implemented new technical safeguards.