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 April 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Presence Healthcare Services dba Presence Medical Group, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10789, row:1928)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Presence Healthcare Services dba Presence Medical Group, reported that an employee mistakenly mailed letters containing the protected health information (PHI) of 921 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE retrained the employee responsible for the breach and revised its policies and procedures.