Hypertension Nephrology Associates, located at 735 Fitzwatertown Road, Suite 1, in Willow Grove (Upper Moreland Township), has agreed to a $625,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the healthcare company failed to protect patients’ private health information from a January 2024 data breach, according to ClassAction.org.
The settlement received preliminary approval from the court on September 22 and covers all individuals in the United States (approximately 39,491) who were sent notice that their personal information was accessed, stolen or compromised due to the breach.
The complaint alleged there was an “inexcusable delay” between the data breach and when notice was sent, and that HNA made only “meager attempts to ameliorate the effects of this data breach.”
According to the court-approved settlement website, class members who submit a timely, valid claim form for a documented loss payment are eligible to receive up to $5,000 for expenses incurred because of the data breach. Claim forms for documented-loss reimbursement must include reasonable documentation, such as phone records or receipts, supporting a class member’s data breach-related losses, the settlement website explains.
As an alternative, HNA settlement class members may submit a claim form to receive a one-time cash payment. Per settlement documents, the exact amount of the cash payouts from the Hypertension Nephrology Associates settlement will be determined by dividing the amount left in the settlement fund after all documented expenses and credit monitoring services are paid by the total number of timely, valid cash claims that elect to receive a cash payment.
Additionally, the settlement offers all class members two years of free credit monitoring and insurance services, regardless of whether a consumer has submitted a claim form for a settlement payment.
To submit an HNA claim form online, class members can visit this page and log in with the settlement claim ID found in their copy of the settlement notice. Settlement class members who prefer to submit their claim form by mail can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out and mail to the settlement administrator.
All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by January 20, 2026. The court will determine whether the class action settlement will receive final approval at a hearing on February 18, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members after final approval has been granted and all appeals have been resolved.
The settlement is below:
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