Supply chain
⛓ Supply Chain
Avamere Health Services Third-Party Breach — 75+ Long-Term Care Organizations
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
In January-February 2022, Avamere Health Services — a Wilsonville, Oregon-based managed services provider for
senior living, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation facilities — experienced a cybersecurity incident that expo
sed data for residents and patients across approximately 75 affiliated healthcare organizations. Affected orga
nizations included A-One Home Health Services, Bend Transitional Care, Infinity Rehab, Salem Transitional Care
, and dozens of Avamere-managed facilities across the Pacific Northwest. Exposed data included patient names,
Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, and clinical data. HHS OCR b
reach notifications were filed by Avamere and multiple affiliated entities. The breach illustrates the concent
ration risk of healthcare management services providers that simultaneously hold PHI for multiple facilities.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Avamere Health Services — a managed services provider for senior living and post-acute care facilities — suffered a ransomware or unauthorized access incident that exposed patient data for 75+ affiliated healthcare organizations
- Vendor / Product
- Avamere Health Services (managed healthcare services provider)
- Supply Chain Attack
- ✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2022-01-01 Breach occurred
- 2022-01-01 Publicly disclosed