ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 9, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

805

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc. →

Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc. (IL) reported to HHS on 2026-02-09 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 805 individuals. An employee left an unlocked shredding bin containing PHI (clinical and demographic information) in an unsecured location. Breached information was on Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; retrained its workforce; and revised its PHI disposal procedures. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Feb 9, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed805 affectedView incident

Name: Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc.
norm: transitions of western illinois
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc.
norm: transitions of western illinois
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 805nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — technical assistance provided regarding HIPAA Rules
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Changes made: Retrained workforce on PHI handling procedures
Revised PHI disposal procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2026
Raw hash: 79a116061d4d6e17c415bb5965fc19c964c7587098fe5c00d7b715f576448c63

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Reporting entityTransitions of Western Illinois, Inc.

Victim entityTransitions of Western Illinois, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing