- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 102,748
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Email, Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
Merit Healthcare Insurance Company, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack. This case is duplicative of an investigation being conducted into the BA that affected multiple CEs. Therefore, this case is closed and consolidated into an existing investigation.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.