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 26, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Comstar, LLC, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 26, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11433, row:2572)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Comstar, LLC, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 585,621 individuals. The PHI involved clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.