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HME Specialists, LLC dba Home Medical Equipment Holdco, LLC
ArchivedSubmitted 04/09/2021
Updated 22 hours ago ()
- State
- NM
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 153,013
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), HME Specialists dba Home Medical Equipment Holdco, reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 153,013 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, Social Security and driver’s license numbers, financial information, 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 implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data. Staff were retrained on email security precautions. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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