27 pages. "OCR received 732 notifications of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals that occurred during 2023, representing an increase of 17% from the number of reports received in calendar year 2022. These reported breaches affected a total of approximately 113,173,613 individuals. The most commonly reported category of breaches was hacking, and the largest breach of this type involved approximately 11,270,000 individuals. OCR also received 68,315 reports of breaches affecting fewer than 500 individuals that occurred during 2023, with unauthorized access or disclosure as the most frequent type of breach reported. These smaller breaches affected a total of 269,290 individuals."  MORE >>