NorthCare Class Action Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over 2021 Data Breach

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A class action settlement will offer reimbursements, credit monitoring and other cash payments to resolve litigation over a 2021 NorthCare data breach in which patients’ personal information may have been exposed to an unauthorized third party.

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The NorthCare class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on June 13, 2025 and covers all living U.S. residents whose personal health information and personally identifiable information may have been exposed in the NorthCare data breach.

The court-approved website for the NorthCare settlement can be found at NorthCareDataSettlement.com.

NorthCare settlement class members who file a timely, valid claim form may elect to receive reimbursement of up to $2,000 for out-of-pocket losses; reimbursement for up to five hours spent remedying the effects of the data breach, at a rate of $20 per hour; and three years of one-bureau credit monitoring services, including credit reports and identity theft insurance.

Per the class action settlement website, to submit a claim form for reimbursement of out-of-pocket losses, class members must provide:

• Their name and current address;
• Appropriate documentation supporting their claim;
• A brief note to accompany each piece of documentation that describes the nature of the loss, if the nature of the loss isn’t obvious from the documentation alone; and
• Attestation as to whether they have already been reimbursed for the loss by another source.

Alternatively, class members may elect to receive a single, flat cash payment of $125, which requires no proof to claim. This flat payment is mutually exclusive with the time-loss reimbursement, out-of-pocket reimbursement and credit monitoring services, and cannot be claimed in conjunction with any of the foregoing options, the settlement website states.

To submit a claim form online, class members can visit this page on the settlement website and log in with the unique notice ID and confirmation code found in their copy of the settlement notice.

Alternatively, a PDF of the claim form is available to print, fill out and mail back to the address listed on the first page of the document.

All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by October 11, 2025.

A hearing is set for December 15, 2025 to determine whether the settlement will receive final court approval. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The NorthCare class action lawsuit claimed that the personal health information and personally identifiable information of approximately 128,000 NorthCare patients may have been accessed in a 2021 data breach. The information potentially exposed in the incident, according to the lawsuit, included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, full names, addresses and medical diagnoses.

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