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 March 1, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Codman Square Health Center, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 1, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10882, row:2021)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Codman Square Health Center, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 10,161 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE installed multi-factor authentication on all devices, retrained workforce members, and implemented other additional technical safeguards.