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 Feb. 10, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Mercy Health Physician Partners, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 10, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13011, row:4150)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mercy Health Physician Partners, reported that its business associate (BA) sent protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 2,487 individuals and the PHI involved included names, addresses, financial information, and clinical data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a toll free number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff on the privacy and security of PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.