HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 1, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Centegra Health System, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 1, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14661, row:5800)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Centegra Health, reported that its business associate (BA) MedAssets accidentally mailed billing statements to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 2,929 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, and claims information. The CE offered free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. Following this breach incident, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better safeguard its PHI. The BA also revised its policies and procedures and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted above.