Multiple lawsuits accuse Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company Point32Health of “willful failure” to uphold their responsibilities to protect personally identifiable information and protected health information.
Attorneys for Valeria Salerno Gonzales, a member of HPHC, filed a four-count, 32-page lawsuit for a jury trial against HPHC and Point32Health in Massachusetts court alleging damages and future damages to the health insurer’s upwards of 2.5 million members, according to Healthcare IT News.
Salerno Gonzalez v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. et al alleges HPHC’s “reckless and grossly negligent” approach to foreseeable risks and known threats.
“As a proximate and foreseeable result of Defendants’ grossly negligent conduct, plaintiff and class members have suffered damages and are at imminent risk of additional harms and damages,” the lawsuit reads.
Additional lawsuits allege HPHC violated the HIPAA Security Rule. Read more.
