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 May 14, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Youth Opportunity Center, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 14, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13405, row:4544)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Youth Opportunity Center, Inc., reported that employees were sending protected health information (PHI) to its vendor without a need to know. The PHI involved included names and program information. This breach affected 1,150 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE sanctioned the staff members involved and provided additional training on patient privacy. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.