Following the theft from its systems of more than 447,000 patient names, Social Security numbers, and private medical information, a Florida healthcare organization has resolved a class-action lawsuit.
Orlando Family physicians, which has 10 clinics in central Florida, has agreed to pay affected patients who submit a claim by July 1 a reimbursement and provide them two years of free credit monitoring. Patients may earn up to $225 or, for those whose SSNs were stolen, up to $7,500 depending on what kind of private information the thieves obtained.
However, as part of the compensation, the physician organization denies any responsibility for the data heist.
Court records reveal that the crime took place in April 2021 after thieves used a phishing scam to access the email accounts of four employees. As per Orlando Family Physicians, it “immediately” took the necessary steps, containing the intrusion and hires a “leading” security shop to determine the scope of intrusion.
The health group, a few months later, published a notice on its website and sent letter to victims whose private information was compromised. The data apparently includes names, demographic information, health information, including diagnosis, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, passport numbers, providers and prescriptions; health insurance details, including legacy Medicare beneficiary numbers generated from the person’s Social Security number or other subscriber identificatio
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