HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 16, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Rock Valley Physical Therapy Center, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 16, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10347, row:1486)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rock Valley Physical Therapy Center, reported that an employee sent an email to 2,421 individuals that exposed names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned and retrained the employee responsible and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect sensitive data.