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 Oct. 19, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Hospital & Medical Foundation of Paris, Inc d/b/a Horizon Health, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 19, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10407, row:1546)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hospital & Medical Foundation of Paris dba Horizon Health, reported that a software application used by its business associate (BA) exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 16,598 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and claims and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS and the BA notified the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA. The CE received technical assistance from OCR regarding its health information privacy compliance obligations.