Consulate Health Care Data Breach Investigation

Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Consulate Health Care regarding its recent data breach. The Consulate Health Care data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.

ABOUT CONSULATE HEALTH CARE:

Consulate Health Care is a healthcare provider that specializes in providing post-acute care to seniors. Accordingly, Consulate Health Care offers services in skilled nursing, comprehensive rehabilitation, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, long-term care, and assisted living. Specifically, Consulate Health Care is able to provide everything from nutrition services and hospice care to rehabilitation programs and therapies. Established in 2007, Consulate Health Care began as a small provider in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. Consulate Health Care is headquartered in Maitland, Florida, with operations in five states. Consulate Health Care employs more than 10,000 individuals.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Recently, Consulate Health Care discovered that one of its vendors may have experienced a data breach in which the sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its systems may have been accessed. Through its investigation, Consulate Health Care’s vendor determined that an unauthorized actor may have accessed this sensitive information in early December, 2022. Although much information remains unknown, Consulate Health Care recently posted a notice of the data breach on its website.

If you are a current or former patient or employee of Consulate Health Care:

We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at (608) 237-1775 or sam@turkestrauss.com.

If you were impacted by the Consulate Health Care data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.

  1. Change passwords and security questions for online accounts;
  2. Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud or unauthorized activity;
  3. Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft; and
  4. Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud alert.

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