Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating OMNI Healthcare, Inc., regarding its recent data breach. The OMNI Healthcare data breach involved sensitive information belonging to at least 1,000 individuals.
ABOUT OMNI HEALTHCARE, INC.:
OMNI Healthcare is a physician group that specializes in offering primary care services. Since its founding in 1994, OMNI Healthcare has expanded to provide services in radiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, surgery, and more. OMNI Healthcare is physician owned and managed and allowing its physicians to deliver medical care to its patients in physician’s offices, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and in patients’ homes. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, OMNI Healthcare employs over 200 individuals at its locations in Melbourne, Suntree/Viera, and Palm Bay, Florida.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, OMNI Healthcare experienced a data breach in which the sensitive information in its systems may have been accessed. On August 14, 2022, OMNI Healthcare filed official notice of the data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. While much information is still unknown about the breach, OMNI Healthcare reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights that the breached involved the unauthorized access or disclosure of information located in its electronic medical records.
If you are a current or former patient of OMNI Healthcare:
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 OMNI Healthcare data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.
- Carefully review the breach notice and retain a copy;
- Enroll in the free credit monitoring service provided by OMNI Healthcare, Inc.;
- Change passwords and security questions for online accounts;
- Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud or unauthorized activity;
- Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft; and
- Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud alert.