A class action lawsuit has been filed against Florida's AvMed Health Plans insurance company following a data breach that compromised the personal medical data of approximately 1.2 million patients, according to a news release by Edelson McGuire, a legal firm involved in the lawsuit.
AvMed acknowledged that it left laptop computers, containing millions of its members' confidential medical records, unattended. These laptops were subsequently stolen and AvMed's members' personal records were compromised. The records contained members' names, home addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, as well as other highly sensitive medical history data such as diagnosis information, medical procedure information and prescription information.
The company initially only contacted 280,000 members to warn them about the data breach before finally estimating that approximately 1.2 million members had been affected.
Read the news release about the class action lawsuit against AvMed Health Plans.
Read other coverage about data breaches:
- Data Breaches Cost U.S. Hospitals $6B Annually
- Indiana Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against WellPoint Over Data Breach
- Patients Affected by BCBS of Tennessee Data Breach Nearly Doubles
AvMed acknowledged that it left laptop computers, containing millions of its members' confidential medical records, unattended. These laptops were subsequently stolen and AvMed's members' personal records were compromised. The records contained members' names, home addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, as well as other highly sensitive medical history data such as diagnosis information, medical procedure information and prescription information.
The company initially only contacted 280,000 members to warn them about the data breach before finally estimating that approximately 1.2 million members had been affected.
Read the news release about the class action lawsuit against AvMed Health Plans.
Read other coverage about data breaches:
- Data Breaches Cost U.S. Hospitals $6B Annually
- Indiana Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against WellPoint Over Data Breach
- Patients Affected by BCBS of Tennessee Data Breach Nearly Doubles