Nicole Aljet reports an update on a data breach that had been disclosed by Regal Medical Group in February 2023.
Current and former patients who received a notice in early 2023 stating a data breach involving Heritage Provider Network or its affiliates may have exposed their personal or medical information could qualify to claim a cash payment and medical monitoring from a class action settlement. The settlement class consists of an estimated 3,413,000 individuals.
Heritage Provider Network Inc. and several affiliated medical entities agreed to pay $49,995,000 to settle a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the defendants failed to adequately protect sensitive patient and member data, resulting in a large-scale data breach in December 2022 that potentially exposed names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, medical information and other personal details.
Class members are individuals who received a notice from Heritage Provider Network or its affiliates in or around February or March 2023 regarding the December 2022 data incident.
The settlement includes the following medical practices:
- Regal Medical Group
- Lakeside Medical Group
- ADOC Medical Group
- Greater Covina Medical Group
- Affiliated Doctors of Orange County Medical Group
- Arizona Priority Care
- Community Surgery Center of Glendale
- Pacific Family Hospice
- Valley’s Best Hospice
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