In May 2020, DataBreaches noted that BJC Healthcare in Missouri was alerting patients to a data breach. The breach had first been discovered on March 6, shortly after three employee email accounts were compromised. At the time of notification, BJC Healthcare reported that investigators were unable to determine if any emails or attachments had actually been viewed. In their notice of May 27, BJC noted that the incident might affect patients at:
| Alton Memorial Hospital Barnes-Jewish Hospital Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital Christian Hospital Memorial Hospital |
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Parkland Health Center Farmington Parkland Health Center Bonne Terre Progress West Hospital St. Louis Children’s Hospital |
The incident was reported to HHS in May 2020 as impacting 287,876 patients.
In July 2021, a class action lawsuit survived a motion to dismiss.
Now Top Class Actions reports that BJC Healthcare has agreed to a settlement to resolve claims.
Ordinary expense reimbursement is capped at $250 per person and includes bank fees, interest, credit monitoring costs, postage, mileage and up to three hours of lost time at a rate of $20 per hour. Larger payments of $5,000 are available for extraordinary expense reimbursement, which includes documented, unreimbursed monetary losses and up to three hours of additional lost time at a rate of $20 per hour.
Read more at Top Class Actions. The deadline for exclusion and objection is Aug. 16, 2022. The final approval hearing for the settlement is scheduled for Sept. 6, 2022.
The official settlement site is BJCDataIncindent.com
In Re BJC Healthcare Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 2022-CC09492, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis State of Missouri