Under the terms of the settlement, claims will be accepted up to a maximum of $5,000 for each class member for reimbursement of extraordinary expenses incurred as a result of the data breach, including up to three hours of lost time at $20 per hour. Individuals who were California Residents between October 1, 2020, and December 4, 2020, are entitled to receive a flat monetary benefit of approximately $100 which can be combined with claims for reimbursement of extraordinary expenses. The proposed settlement applies to all individuals who were notified that they had been affected by the breach and had their protected health information exposed. Maxim HealthCare Services denies all claims made in the lawsuit and maintains there was no wrongdoing. – was filed in response to the data breach in the Superior Court of the State of California County of San Diego that alleged Maxim HealthCare Services failed to implement appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access to patient data. Maxim HealthCare Services chose to settle the lawsuit to avoid further legal costs and the uncertainty of trial. The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting 65,267 patients.Ī lawsuit – Wilson, et al. The review of the email accounts confirmed they contained protected health information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, provider names, medical histories, medical conditions, treatment information, medical record numbers, diagnosis codes, patient account numbers, Medicare/Medicaid numbers, usernames/passwords, and some Social Security numbers. The email accounts were compromised between October 1, 2020, and December 4, 2020, but the unauthorized access was not discovered until November 2021. Maxim HealthCare Services Proposes Settlement to Resolve Email Breach LawsuitĪ settlement has been proposed by Maxim HealthCare Services to resolve all claims related to a 2020 cyberattack and data breach involving unauthorized access to multiple employee email accounts.
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