The filing charges that Rush System’s online privacy policy fails to inform users that the provider discloses patient data to third parties. "Medical information derived from medical providers garner even more value from the fact that it is not available to third party data marketing companies because of strict restrictions on provider disclosures under, state laws, and provider standards, including the Hippocratic oath." The suit alleges Rush profits from selling user data to third parties, who use the valuable information for targeted advertising. The complaint alleges Rush deploys invisible "third party source codes" like Google Analytics and the Facebook tracking pixel to secretly gather personally identifiable information.
#RUSH UNIVERSITY CODE#
M圜hart is an online platform where patients can access their medical records and communicate with Rush about "bill payment, doctors, services, treatments, conditions, appointments," the case relays.Īs the case tells it, Rush has embedded code on its websites to collect and transmit data about consumers. The complaint says that Rush can track patient information when a consumer interacts with its homepage or the M圜hart patient portal. The suit also claims that third parties can access patients' IP addresses, cookie and device identifiers, account numbers, URLs and browser fingerprints. Per the case, the shared patient information includes their status as a patient and communications with Rush about conditions, treatments, payments, and doctors.
The 65-page complaint alleges the healthcare provider, who does business as Rush University System for Health in Chicago, has violated several state and federal laws by transmitting personally identifiable patient information to Facebook, Google, and digital advertising company Bidtellect. 31, 2020, according to the latest Form 5500.New to ? Read our Newswire DisclaimerĪ proposed class action claims that Rush System for Health has violated the medical privacy rights of its patients by disclosing their data to third parties without consent. The Rush University Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Chicago, had $1.2 billion in assets as of Dec. "Defendants' obstinance in retaining the active suite despite its myriad issues was to the severe detriment of plan participants."
#RUSH UNIVERSITY SERIES#
The defendants "failed to monitor the average expense ratios charged by investment managers to similarly sized plans," the lawsuit said.Īlthough the defendants replaced the Fidelity target-date series in 2019 with an index-based Vanguard target-date series, this decision "does not excuse their failure to do so several years prior," the lawsuit said. The former participants sued university officials and plan fiduciaries in January, alleging ERISA violations due to charging "excessive" record-keeping and administrative fees and by offering an actively managed target-date series instead of a similar index-based target-date series, both of which are managed by Fidelity Investments.
The agreement called for plan fiduciaries to initiate a record keeper RFP within three years of the settlement taking effect and an RFP for investment advisory and consulting services within three years of the settlement date.Īlso, within one year of the settlement taking effect, "defendants, in consultation with the plan's investment advisor, will review the plan's investment policy statement and reach a written determination as to whether the investment policy statement reflects appropriate criteria for selecting and evaluating the plan's investment options and expenses," the document said. "Defendants specifically deny any such liability or wrongdoing and state that they are entering into this settlement agreement to eliminate the burden and expense of further litigation," the document said. "This settlement agreement and the payments made hereunder are made in compromise of disputed claims and are not admissions of any liability of any kind, whether legal or factual," said the document in Barcenas et al.
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