CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Apria Healthcare LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 4, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,987

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

91%

Full breach record for Apria Healthcare LLC →6 incidents on file

Apria Healthcare (CA, healthcare provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-10-04 that a workforce member fell for a phishing scam, granting unauthorized access to her work email account. Approximately 1,987 individuals were potentially affected. PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, and other clinical information. The CE notified affected individuals, HHS, and the media; provided free credit monitoring; revised policies and procedures; and trained workforce on phishing. OCR provided technical assistance and obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

Aug 5, 2016

Begins

Oct 4, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_030aa96547f5e4da2016-10-20 · +16dCandidate
California State AGbd_bea31cb8de9863712016-10-20 · +16dVerified

Name: Apria Healthcare LLC
norm: apria healthcare
Domain: apria.com

Name: Apria Healthcare LLC
norm: apria healthcare
Domain: apria.com
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,987nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach report filed 2016-10-04OCR provided substantial technical assistanceMedia notification provided

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified HHS
Notified media
Changes made: Revised policies and procedures
Provided phishing-awareness training to all workforce members
Offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: Oct 4, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Oct 4, 2016	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCROct 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+16d

California State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Oct 4 (CA), last Oct 20 (CA) — a 16-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 4, 2016
Raw hash: 8822b08162ae5c386f1b6c11f57e6d97ad2a1e47afbbc5b6a0616b37e7b04f64

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityApria Healthcare LLC

Victim entityApria Healthcare LLC

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing