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 Feb. 21, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Rainbow Hospice Care, Inc., WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 21, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12989, row:4128)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rainbow Hospice Care, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,029 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, mailing addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE also retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.