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 June 19, 2026.
- Organization as reported
- Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 19, 2026
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 8900, row:39)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, reported that several of its employees impermissibly granted some providers access to its network, which affected the protected health information (PHI) of 21,027 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.