If you were notified by Navicent Health of a Data Incident Involving a Cyberattack Against Navicent’s Computer Systems that Occurred in July 2018, You May Be Entitled to a Payment from the Navicent Health Data Breach Class Action Settlement.
Navicent Health, Inc. (“Navicent Health”) has reportedly agreed to a class action settlement of a data breach lawsuit filed against it in the Superior Court of Bibb County, State of Georgia, styled Jackson-Battle v. Navicent Health, Inc., Class Action Case No. 2020-CV-072287, alleging, among other things, that Navicent was responsible for a cyberattack against Navicent’s computer systems that occurred in July 2018 (the “Data Incident”) in which computer systems possibly affected by the Data Incident potentially contained certain personal and protected health information (such as name, address, phone number, Social Security number, services performed and diagnosis information, driver’s license information, health insurance information, referring provider information, medical record number, and dates of service) relating to current and former Navicent patients.
The Navicent Health class action lawsuit reportedly asserts claims for negligence; intrusion upon seclusion/invasion of privacy; breach of fiduciary duty; breach of confidence; breach of express contract; and breach of implied contract. Navicent Health has reportedly denied all of the claims made in the lawsuit and all charges of wrongdoing or liability against it.
Who Is Included In The Navicent Health Data Breach Class Action Settlement?
The Navicent Health Data Breach class action settlement reportedly includes, unless otherwise excluded, the following settlement class:
All persons who were notified by or on behalf of Navicent regarding the Data Incident [i.e., the cyberattack against Navicent’s computer systems that occurred in July 2018.]
What Settlement Benefits Does The Navicent Health Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Provide?
Under the Navicent Health class action lawsuit settlement, Navicent Health has agreed to pay class members who submit valid claims expense reimbursements and/or extraordinary expense reimbursements.
Navicent settlement Class Members are reportedly eligible to receive reimbursement of up to $200 (in total) for the following categories of out-pocket expenses resulting from the Data Incident:
- bank fees, long distance phone charges, cell phone charges (only if charged by the minute), data charges (only if charged based on the amount of data used), postage, or gasoline for local travel;
- fees for credit reports, credit monitoring, or other identity theft insurance product purchased between March 22, 2019 and the date of the close of the Claims Period (if Settlement Class Member makes affirmative statement that it was purchased primarily because of the Data Incident);
- reimbursement of up to four hours of documented lost time (at $15 per hour) spent dealing with the Data Incident, e.g., time spent dealing with replacement card issues, reversing fraudulent charges, rescheduling medical appointments and/or finding alternative medical care and treatment, retaking or submitting to medical tests, locating medical records, retracing medical history, and any other demonstrable form of disruption to medical care and treatment, but only if at least one full hour was spent, and only if the time can be documented with reasonable specificity by answering the questions on the Claim Form.
Navicent settlement Class Members who had other extraordinary unreimbursed monetary losses because of information compromised as part of the Data Incident are also eligible to make a claim for reimbursement of up to $2,500 if they can show that:
- it is an actual, documented, and unreimbursed monetary loss;
- the loss was more likely than not caused by the Data Incident;
- the loss occurred during the time period from July 1, 2018 through and including the end of the applicable claims period;
- the loss is not already covered by one or more of the categories of reimbursement expenses; and
- a reasonable effort was made to avoid or seek reimbursement for the loss (including exhaustion of all available credit monitoring insurance and identity theft insurance).
Claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked via mail by August 26, 2021.
Where Can You Obtain More Information About The Navicent Health Data Breach Class Action Settlement?
For more information about the Navicent Health Data Breach class action settlement, write to Navicent Health Settlement c/o Postlethwaite & Netterville, PO Box 5144, Baton Rouge, LA 70821, call 1-844-419-0101, email info@nhsettlement.com or visit the Navicent Health Data Breach class action settlement website at https://nhsettlement.com/