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 12, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Behavioral Health Partners of Metrowest, LLC., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 12, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11462, row:2601)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Behavioral Health Partners of Metrowest, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 10,920 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses. Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.