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 Sept. 1, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Narragansett Bay Commission, RI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 1, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11219, row:2358)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Narragansett Bay Commission, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,153 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and health plan enrollment status. 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 and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.