July 8, 2024 at 09:57AM
Geisinger, a Pennsylvania healthcare provider, is being sued for a data breach after a former Nuance employee accessed the personal information of 1.2 million individuals. The breached data included names, addresses, and medical record numbers, but no financial details. The former employee has been arrested, and a class action lawsuit has been filed seeking damages of over $5 million.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– Pennsylvania healthcare provider Geisinger is facing a class action lawsuit after a former Nuance employee accessed the personal information of over 1.2 million individuals in November 2023.
– The breached information potentially includes names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, race, gender, admit and discharge or transfer codes, and medical record numbers. However, no claims or insurance information, credit card or bank account numbers, other financial information, or Social Security numbers were inappropriately accessed.
– The former Nuance employee, Max Vance aka Andre J. Burke, has been arrested and indicted.
– Geisinger has notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that 1,276,026 individuals were affected by the data breach.
– A federal class action lawsuit has been filed against Geisinger in the U.S. Middle District Court of Pennsylvania for failing to properly secure patients’ personal and health information, with the plaintiff seeking damages of more than $5 million.
– Geisinger, recently acquired by Kaiser Permanente’s non-profit charitable organization Risant Health, operates 134 care sites across Pennsylvania, including 10 hospital campuses, and has over 26,000 employees.