Change Healthcare Data Breach
Last Updated on March 15, 2024
At A Glance
- What's Going On?
- Attorneys need to hear from people and businesses affected by the Change Healthcare data breach as they investigate whether a class action lawsuit can be filed.
- What You Can Do
- If you were affected by 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
The massive Change Healthcare cyberattack has crippled the U.S. healthcare system for nearly three weeks, and attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking into whether class action lawsuits can be filed on behalf of patients, medical workers, healthcare providers and pharmacies that were affected.
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.
The data breach, for which Russian ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat has claimed responsibility, has had a ripple effect throughout the U.S. healthcare system as providers struggle to run their practices amid reduced cash flows and patients experience delays in receiving prescriptions and services.
As the full effect of the breach continues to unfold, attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking to hear from consumers and businesses that may have been affected by the Change Healthcare data breach to determine whether class action lawsuits can be filed.
Are You a Healthcare Provider or Pharmacy Affected by the Change Healthcare Cyberattack?
If your practice or business experienced the negative effects of the data breach, attorneys want to speak with you. Some of these effects may include lost business, disruptions to operations, increased costs of operating, inability to pay staff, and time spent taking out loans, obtaining bridge payments or seeking other financial relief.
Are You a Consumer Who Was Affected by the Change Healthcare Data Breach?
The attorneys also want to speak with patients and medical workers who believe they were affected by the cyberattack. For patients, some of these effects may include delayed prescriptions, delayed healthcare, not receiving needed services or care, having to switch providers, or paying out of pocket for medications or services.
For workers, the data breach may have resulted in delayed or missing paychecks or potentially lost work.
Take Action
If you believe you were affected by 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.