Lucent Health Solutions to Pay Up to 1.95M to Settle Data Breach Litigation
Lucent Health Solutions, a Tennessee-based health plan administrator, has agreed to pay up to $1.95 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach. The settlement resolves litigation brought against the company over its handling of protected health information.
Why this matters: Health plan administrators sit in the middle of some of the most sensitive data that exists — diagnoses, claims, insurance details, employer information. When they get breached, the people affected rarely chose to share their data with them directly. It just flows there as part of how health coverage works. A $1.95 million settlement sounds significant, but divided across a class of affected people it rarely amounts to much. The real cost lands on the individuals whose health information is now out there permanently.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance · Healthcare professionals
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