Individuals who received notice from Esse Health the April 2025 data breach may qualify to claim and estimated $50 from a class action settlement.
Current and former patients and other individuals who received a notice that their personal information may have been compromised in the April 2025 Esse Health data breach could be eligible to submit a claim for a cash payment and medical identity monitoring from a class action settlement . The cybersecurity incident impacted approximately 521,167 people.
American Multispecialty Group Inc., d/b/a Esse Health, agreed to pay $2.53 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it failed to adequately protect patient data, leading to a cyberattack that exposed sensitive information including names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance details and certain health records.
Class members are individuals whose private information the April 2025 data breach was potentially compromised. This includes those who received notices from Esse Health.
Class members have the following benefit options:
To receive a settlement payment, class members can file a claim online or print a PDF claim form to complete and mail to the settlement administrator.
Settlement administrator's mailing address: Esse Health Data Incident Settlement, c/o Settlement Administrator, PO Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958
To submit a claim online, class members must provide the login ID and PIN from the settlement notice they received.
The $2,525,000 settlement fund will include:
Esse Health will pay for medical identity protection separately. It is not part of the settlement fund.
The settlement administrator will issue payments and medical identity protection information to approved claimants within 60 days of final approval or within 21 days of claim approval, whichever is later.
This class action lawsuit claimed a cyberattack on Esse Health’s computer systems in April 2025 exposed sensitive patient information. The plaintiffs alleged that Esse Health failed to adequately protect their data.
Esse Health denies the allegations but agreed to settle to avoid the expense and uncertainty of continued litigation.
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