NEW MEXICOHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

HME Specialists, LLC

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

153,013

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

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HME Specialists, LLC dba Home Medical Equipment Holdco, LLC reported to HHS on 2021-04-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 153,013 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were subjects of an email phishing scheme compromising PHI including names, DOB, diagnoses, SSN, driver's license, and financial info.

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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 9, 2021

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_6215fafce12d693c2021-04-09Verified

Name: HME Specialists, LLC
norm: hme specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: HME Specialists, LLC
norm: hme specialists
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: HME Specialists, LLCdba oflegal entity
Home Medical Equipment Holdco, LLCdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 153,013nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data
Staff were retrained on email security precautions
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on email security precautions
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 9 · first

HHS OCRApr 9 · first · this page

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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 9, 2021
Raw hash: 0f234a1dcd2a3455e81396e9becb728f97e02da0d0daf64c75eecb035a988891

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHME Specialists, LLC

Victim entityHME Specialists, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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