October 17, 2023

Healthcare clearinghouse Inmediata, which facilitates transactions between healthcare providers and insurers, has agreed to pay $1.4 million to 33 states in connection with a data breach that affected approximately 1.5 million consumers for nearly three years.  Despite being alerted to the data breach in 2019, Inmediata failed to notify consumers for over three months.  When it finally did send notice, the notices were misaddressed or unclear, leaving many consumers to believe the notices were fraudulent.  DE AG; NC AG

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