Atrium Health has agreed to pay up to $1.8 million in a settlement for a class action lawsuit over alleged patient data sharing.
Plaintiffs say the health system used tracking tools on its website and patient portal, which led to the disclosure of personal information to Meta and Google.
According to the settlement document, Atrium Health has denied any wrongdoing but agreed to pay to resolve the claims.
The bulk of the settlement, $1.5 million, will go toward the four lead plaintiffs, attorney fees and claims for Group 1. These are people who logged into their patient portal between January of 2015 through the end of July 2019.
The remaining $300,000 is for Group 2 claims— people who didn’t access their patient portal accounts within that timeframe, but had one between 2015 and April of 2024.
The deadline to submit a claim is Sept. 28. The court will hold a final approval hearing on Sept. 30.