First Choice Community Healthcare Data Breach Investigation

Written by The Lyon Firm on August 10, 2022. Posted in Data Breach, Litigation Update.

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The Lyon Firm is actively involved in data privacy and data theft cases and is currently investigating First Choice Community Healthcare data breach on behalf of victims and plaintiffs nationwide.

First Choice Community Healthcare, out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has begun notifying over 101,000 patients that an unauthorized individual gained access to its network and potentially stole sensitive data.

What Happened?

In their breach notification, First Choice said that unusual activity was detected on March 27, 2022, the following information may be compromised:

Names
Social Security numbers
Patient ID number
Diagnosis
Clinical treatment information
Medications
Health insurance information
Date of birth

What is the First Choice Community Healthcare Community?

First Choice Community Healthcare is a hospital and health care company in New Mexico with nine health centers that provide primary medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare services to its patients.

Joe Lyon is a highly-rated data breach lawyer and Privacy Attorney representing plaintiffs nationwide in class action security breach lawsuits.