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Lucent Health Solutions to Pay Up to 1.95M to Settle Data Breach Litigation

HIPAA Journal · · US Federal · Data Breaches

Lucent Health Solutions, a Nashville-based health plan administration company, has agreed to a settlement of up to $1.95 million to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach. The case was brought against the company over its handling of personal health and administrative data.

Why this matters: Health plan administrators sit on some of the most sensitive data that exists. They handle medical histories, insurance details, and personal identifiers for people who had no real choice but to hand that information over. When a breach happens and a company settles for under two million dollars, that math rarely adds up for the people whose data was exposed. The settlement closes the lawsuit. It does not undo the exposure.

Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance · Healthcare professionals

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