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Health Care Service Corporation
ArchivedSubmitted 09/06/2019
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- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 998
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 26, 2026
OCR description
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the covered entity (CE), reported that Universal Printing Company (UPC), the business associate (BA) of TMG Health, Inc., its BA, mismatched the protected health information (PHI) of 998 individuals; and consequently, PHI was mailed to the wrong recipients. HCSC notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, TMG implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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