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. 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Option Care Health, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9597, row:736)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Option Care Health, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,897 individuals. The PHI involved included Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained the workforce member involved.