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 May 10, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- RiverKids Pediatric Home Health, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 10, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11466, row:2605)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), RiverKids Pediatric Home Health, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,494 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.