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 Aug. 9, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- IlliniCare Health Plan, Inc., IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Other
- Submission date
- Aug. 9, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13277, row:4416)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), IlliniCare Health Plan, Inc. (IlliniCare), reported that an employee inadvertently uploaded two files containing protected health information (PHI) to the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. IlliniCare notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that IlliniCare implemented the corrective actions noted.