Allcare Medical Management Inc. Data Breach
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Allcare Medical Management Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.
On July 22, 2024, Allcare Medical Management (“Allcare”) reported a cybersecurity incident (“Data Breach”) to the Office of the Attorney General in California. In this notice, Allcare disclosed that it had recently detected suspicious activity in one of its employee’s email accounts. An investigation initiated on March 23, 2024, subsequently determined that an unauthorized third party accessed the email account between March 4 and April 20, 2024, during which certain confidential and sensitive information of individuals contained in the emailed account was viewed and obtained.
Allcare has already begun sending out data breach notification letters to those impacted by the Data Breach. Each notification letter includes an offer of complimentary membership in Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B, a service that provides credit monitoring service.
As the Data Breach was only recently announced, the company has not yet disclosed further details. If you received a data breach notification letter from Allcare, it means you were affected by the Data Breach.
Founded in 2005, Allcare Medical Management Inc. is a California-based company specializing in medical practice management. Allcare provides a suite of services including medical billing, accounts receivable management, and practice management solutions. With approximately 427 employees, Allcare generates about $6.1 million in annual revenue.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?
The type of compromised information varied among individuals and potentially included:
- Full Names
- Social Security Numbers (SSNs)
- Contact Information
- Dates of Birth
- Medical Record Numbers
- Health Insurance Information
- Information related to care individuals received at the Financial Planning Association (FPA)
This information is referred to as your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It provides critical details about you and is an integral part of your identity. Businesses are legally required to protect this information, or they risk incurring statutory penalties and other legal repercussions. When PII is stolen, it can be used by identity thieves to commit fraudulent activities using your identity.
The compromised information also includes your Protected Health Information (“PHI”), a specific type of PII. It is protected under both state and federal law. Healthcare providers and other businesses that handle PHI are required to protect that information. Like stolen PII, stolen PHI can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. Quite often, PII and PHI are used in conjunction by hackers.
The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Allcare Medical Management Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.