Clustered 5 filings across 5 jurisdictions · filing window Jul 24, 2019 → Jul 25, 2019. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_7afec08fed6741e2 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA MT NV OR WA
HHS OCR · State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Aug 1, 2018 → Mar 30, 2019
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
May 15, 2019
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, WASHINGTON AG, OREGON AG, HHS OCR filings
Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. reported to HHS on 2019-07-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 144,775 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate, American Medical Collection Agency, compromised its payment website, exposing patient PHI (demographic, clinical, financial). The CE ceased using the BA, notified individuals and HHS, and cooperated with OCR.
Affected (this filing): 144,775
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. (LMC) notified California residents of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau (d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency or AMCA). The incident, occurring between August 2018 and March 2019, involved unauthorized access to an AMCA database containing patient information. LMC's own systems were not affected. Affected data included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, service dates, balances, and treatment provider information. LMC engaged cybersecurity experts and ceased using AMCA for collection efforts.
Laboratory Medicine Consultants reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2019-07-24. The breach occurred on 3/21/2019. 100 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 100
Laboratory Medicine Consultants, LTD, a health sector entity reported a unclear/unknown incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2019-05-15 and filed notice on 2019-07-24. 684 Washington residents were affected. 70 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 55 days to identify the breach.
Affected (this filing): 684
Laboratory Medicine Consultants, LTD reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2019-07-25. The breach occurred during 3/21/2019. The breach was discovered on 5/15/2019. Notice was sent on 7/24/2019.