- Defendant
- Well Child, Inc.
- Status
- Under investigation
- Potential compensation
- If the case succeeds or settles
- How to join
- Accepting claimants now
- Proof required
- No claim form proof for basic payout
Overview
- Organization
- Nonprofit provider of school-based preventive healthcare for children
- Incident
- Files were taken from a temporary storage server, Well Child says
- Records involved
- Student screening, assessment, clinical, and limited Social Security information
- Available now
- Preserve notice records, monitor child health and identity data, and request attorney review
Well Child, Inc. is a nonprofit healthcare organization that works with school districts to deliver preventive health services to children and adolescents. Its public services include school-based physicals, vision care, telehealth, and nursing support. That role matters because schools and families may interact with Well Child when students receive screenings or other care, creating records that can combine a child's identity, school-related information, clinical results, and billing data.
Well Child says it learned of a cybersecurity incident on June 1, 2026, took affected servers offline, and hired cybersecurity professionals. On June 5, it determined that files had been taken from a temporary file-storage server. The files may have included vision-screening reports and data, available-student lists, and Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status assessment documents.
The organization says the information differed by person and may have included names, dates of birth, medical-record numbers, provider names, diagnoses, assessment or testing results, treatment dates, billing or procedure codes, and, for a limited number of individuals, Social Security numbers. Well Child said its investigation had not identified evidence that the information was accessed or misused for identity theft or fraud as of its August 4 notice.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal lists a Well Child hacking or IT incident involving a network server and reports 500 affected people with an August 14, 2026 submission date. Attorneys are separately recruiting affected families to evaluate a possible class action. No filed complaint, certified class, settlement, guaranteed recovery, or court deadline appears in the reviewed record.
Who qualifies
- You are the parent or legal guardian of a Tennessee school-aged student whose information Well Child identified as potentially involved.
- You or your child received an incident notice, or a school or Well Child told you the student's screening or assessment records may have been in the affected files.
- You believe Well Child held your or your child's information in the temporary file-storage system and want the organization or an attorney to evaluate possible impact.
- You understand that no court has certified a class or approved a settlement and that any future case may use a narrower or different definition.
How to file your claim
- 1Keep every notice from Well Child, a school district, an insurer, or another provider, including envelopes, dates, emails, and assistance-line notes.
- 2Contact Well Child through the verified assistance line on its official incident notice for organization-specific questions. Ask which records or data categories were associated with you or your child.
- 3Review health or insurance explanation-of-benefits statements, screening records, and financial or credit information for unfamiliar activity. For a minor, ask the credit bureaus whether a credit file exists before assuming one does.
- 4Preserve evidence of suspicious activity, response expenses, or time spent, but do not send sensitive documents to an unverified website or caller.
- 5Submit the eligibility form below only if you want an attorney or legal representative to review your circumstances. This is not an official claim and does not guarantee representation, litigation, or payment.
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Frequently asked questions
What files did Well Child say were taken?
Well Child identified vision-screening reports and data, available-student lists, and Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status assessment documents as files stored on the affected temporary server. The information differed by person.
Did Well Child say the information was misused?
As of its August 4, 2026 notice, Well Child said its investigation had not identified evidence that the information was accessed or misused for identity theft or fraud. That statement reflects the investigation at that time and is not a guarantee about future findings.
Has a lawsuit or settlement been created?
The reviewed sources describe attorney recruitment for a possible lawsuit. They do not establish a filed complaint, certified class, settlement fund, court-approved claim form, or payment deadline as of September 4, 2026.
Why does the HHS breach portal matter?
The Office for Civil Rights portal records reported breaches of unsecured protected health information and may investigate regulated entities. A listing confirms a report; it is not a finding that Well Child violated HIPAA or owes damages.
What does requesting attorney review do?
It gives an attorney information to assess whether legal action may be appropriate. It does not make you a class member, automatically create an attorney-client relationship, or guarantee that a case will be filed or succeed.