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. 21, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 21, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11109, row:2248)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services reported an employee made a coding error that made the protected health information (PHI) of 480,435 individuals viewable by others via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, financial information, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.