FLORIDASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

EmCare, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 20, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

31,236

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for EmCare, Inc. →2 incidents on file

EmCare, Inc. (FL, Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-04-20 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 31,236 individuals. Numerous employees fell victim to an email phishing scheme compromising PHI stored in email systems. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, treatment information, and financial data. EmCare implemented additional administrative/technical safeguards, retrained staff on phishing identification, and notified affected individuals, media, and posted substitute notice. 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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 20, 2019

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2c6274f2eb73b8bc2019-04-12 · +8dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_1cc53e55aa5d94392019-05-03 · +13dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_9ef7d63dcf6ed1932019-05-03 · +13dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_d2cab30b1dbb4e2d2019-05-04 · +14dVerified by operator

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California State AGbd_d4600b10323dbabf2019-05-04 · +14dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_3d2d49eb557b834a2019-08-28 · +130dVerified

Name: EmCare, Inc.
norm: emcare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: EmCare, Inc.
norm: emcare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 31,236nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedOCR provided technical assistance regarding detection of breach incidents and timely breach notificationOCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on identifying fraudulent email communications
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Staff retraining on phishing identification
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: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · first

HHS OCR+8d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+21d

Montana State AG+21d

Massachusetts State AG+22d

California State AG+22d

New Hampshire State AG+138d

Pattern: first filing Apr 12 (NH), last Aug 28 (NH) — a 138-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: Apr 20, 2019
Raw hash: 62fe935426d2ba8ebd4a676b31a09ea5e671812c712c6c6b9f1f24ff17991df9

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmCare, Inc.

Victim entityEmCare, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing