Health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches

Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information. 

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Here are lawsuits involving three hospitals and health systems as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 6:

  1. Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings is facing a lawsuit that alleges it failed to protect patients’ health information from a ransomware attack.
      
  2. Three lawsuits have been filed against Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care after a Russian ransomware gang allegedly stole the personal data of millions in a ransomware attack.
  3. Marietta (Ohio) Health, which operates as Memorial Health System, had to pay $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the health system failed to protect patients’ health information during a 2021 data breach.

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