A medical billing processor is being sued over allegations the company failed to take adequate measures to safeguard private health records after a cyberattack leaked the health data of over 360,000 patients.
The proposed class action complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claims that Miami-based Medusind Inc., a company offering medical billing, claims processing, and coding services for health-care providers, failed to implement industry-wide computer security best practices allowing personal information such as credit card numbers, medical history, phone numbers, and government identification to be accessed and stolen by cybercriminals.
The lawsuit ...
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