Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating potential claims relating to a recent data breach involving Fallon Ambulance Service (“Fallon”). The Fallon data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information belonging to over 910,000 individuals.
ABOUT FALLON AMBULANCE SERVICE:
Fallon was a medical transportation company that, in part, responded to patient emergencies in the greater Boston area and provided administrative services for affiliated medical transportation companies. A former subsidiary of Transformative Healthcare, Fallon was acquired by Coastal Medical Transportation Systems (“CMTS”) in 2022 and was integrated into CMTS’ expanding medical transportation portfolio. Founded in 1923, Fallon was headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On or around April 21, 2023, after Fallon had ceased operations, Transformative Healthcare discovered that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information that was provided to Fallon may have been accessed and acquired. Through its investigation, Transformative Healthcare determined that an unauthorized party may have accessed and acquired this sensitive information provided to Fallon from a data storage archive as early as February 17, 2023, through April 22, 2023. On December 27, 2023, Transformative Healthcare began notifying individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information potentially exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Address
- Medical information
- Employment information
If you have received a breach notification letter from Transformative Healthcare on behalf of Fallon Ambulance Service:
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 Fallon data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.
- 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.