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Individuals who received a notice that a data breach at Baptist Health Medical Center – Drew County may have compromised their private information between April and July 2024 may be eligible to claim up to $4,480 from a class action settlement.
Baptist Health agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging a criminal third party gained unauthorized access to its network, potentially exposing sensitive information, such as names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment details and provider names.
Who can file a claim?
Individuals are eligible to participate in the settlement if:
- The data incident at Baptist Health Medical Center – Drew County potentially impacted their private information.
- They received notice of the data incident, including a notification letter of this settlement.
How much is the Baptist Health payout?
Class members may also claim reimbursement for:
- Lost time: Up to four hours at $20 per hour (maximum $80) for time spent responding to the data incident, such as changing passwords or investigating suspicious activity. Class members must briefly describe the actions they took and attest to the time spent.
- Ordinary documented out-of-pocket losses: Up to $400 for actual, documented expenses incurred between April 22, 2024, and Dec. 8, 2026. Eligible expenses include fees for credit reports, credit monitoring, freezing/unfreezing credit, replacing IDs and postage for contacting banks. Class members must provide receipts or other proof.
- Losses for identity theft or fraud: Up to $4,000 for money lost due to identity theft or fraud that the data incident most likely caused. Class members must show that ordinary documented out-of-pocket losses do not cover the losses and that they tried to recover them (for example, through insurance). Class members must provide receipts or other proof.
- Credit monitoring: Two years of one-bureau credit monitoring with $1 million in identity theft insurance, real-time credit file monitoring, dark web scanning and public records monitoring. This includes access to a fraud resolution agent if suspicious activity is detected.
Class members can only claim one type of documented out-of-pocket loss (either ordinary out-of-pocket losses or losses for identity theft or fraud) not both.
How to claim a class action payment
Class members can file a claim online or download, print and complete a PDF claim form, fill it out and mail it to the settlement administrator. They may also request a paper claim form by contacting the settlement administrator.
Settlement administrator's mailing address: BHMC Data Incident Settlement, c/o Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958
Settlement administrator's phone number: 866-606-0682
Settlement administrator's email address: info@bhsettlement.com
The claim deadline is Dec. 8, 2026.
What proof or documentation is necessary to submit a claim?
- Lost time: Class members must describe the time spent and attest to it under penalty of perjury.
- Ordinary out-of-pocket losses: Class members must provide receipts or other proof of expenses.
- Identity theft or fraud losses: Class members must provide receipts or documentation showing the loss and its connection to the data incident.
Payout options
- Paper check mailed to the address provided (default option)
- Digital payment (if filing online)
Settlement fund breakdown
The settlement fund will cover:
- Settlement administration costs: To be determined
- Attorneys' fees and costs: $125,000
- Service awards to class representatives: $1,500 each ($3,000 total)
- Credit monitoring costs: Dependent on number of valid claims for this option
- Payments to approved class members: The remaining funds
Important dates
- Opt-out deadline: Nov. 9, 2026
- Deadline to file a claim: Dec. 8, 2026
- Final approval hearing: Feb. 4, 2027
When is the Baptist Health data breach settlement payout date?
The settlement administrator will distribute payments after it resolves any appeals and grants final approval to the settlement.
Why is there a class action settlement?
The class action lawsuit alleged that between April and July 2024, a criminal third party gained unauthorized access to Baptist Health’s network, potentially exposing private information of patients. The data included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information and provider names.
While Baptist Health denies any wrongdoing, the parties agreed to settle to avoid the costs and uncertainties of litigation and to provide compensation to those affected.
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