Change Healthcare Data Breach
Last Updated on August 9, 2024
At A Glance
- What's Going On?
- Attorneys need to hear from people affected by the Change Healthcare data breach as they investigate whether a class action lawsuit can be filed.
- What You Can Do
- If you got a letter or email about the breach, fill out the form on this page to learn more about the investigation and how you can help.
- Does This Cost Anything?
- It costs nothing to get in touch or to talk to someone about your rights.
- What Can I Get?
- If filed and successful, a class action lawsuit could provide consumers and businesses with money for any harm resulting from the breach.
Change Healthcare Data Breach:
Lawsuit Investigation
Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking into whether a class action lawsuit can be filed in light of the massive Change Healthcare data breach.
As part of their investigation, they need to hear from individuals who received a notice stating they were impacted.
Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of insurance giant UnitedHealth Group that provides revenue and payment cycle management in the healthcare industry, announced on February 21, 2024 that a "cyber security issue" was causing a widespread network interruption. In the following days, healthcare providers and pharmacies across the country were essentially cut off from insurance payers as Change Healthcare, which reportedly processes 14 billion transactions per year, took its systems offline.
A subsequent investigation revealed that "a substantial quantity of data" had been removed from Change Healthcare's environment between February 17 and February 20, 2024, and the company confirmed in April that "a substantial proportion of people in America" may have had their data impacted in the incident, for which Russian ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat has claimed responsibility.
According to a substitute notice posted on its website, Change Healthcare has identified customers whose patients' or members' data was affected and began notifying those customers on June 20, 2024. Though the types of information affected by the Change Healthcare data breach are not the same for each person, the company indicated that consumers' names, contact information, health insurance information, medical information, payment data, Social Security numbers, and driver's licenses or other forms of ID may have been exposed. The breach may have also impacted guarantors, i.e., people who paid bills for health care services.
If your information was exposed in the breach, attorneys want to hear from you. You may be able to start a class action lawsuit to recover compensation for loss of privacy, time spent dealing with the breach, out-of-pocket costs, and more.
A successful case could also force Change Healthcare to ensure it takes proper steps to protect the information it was entrusted with.
Example Notice
Take Action
If you received a notice regarding the Change Healthcare data breach, fill out the form on this page to get in touch with us.
An attorney or legal representative may then reach out to you to explain more about this investigation and ask you a few questions.
Remember, there is no cost to get in touch, and you are under no obligation to take action after speaking to someone.
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The information submitted on this page will be forwarded to Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC who has sponsored this investigation.
