- Defendant
- BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc.
- Status
- Accepting claimants
- Potential compensation
- If the case succeeds or settles
- How to join
- Accepting claimants now
- Proof required
- No claim form proof for basic payout
Overview
- Company
- BAYADA provides in-home health and personal-care services
- Incident
- Certain systems were accessed and data copied from February 18–March 2, 2026
- Case status
- Proposed federal class action filed August 25, 2026
- Available now
- Preserve your notice, protect your accounts, and request an attorney review
BAYADA Home Health Care is a nonprofit provider of in-home nursing, hospice, pediatric, behavioral-health, and personal-care services. Patients, families, employees, insurers, and public programs may give BAYADA identity, insurance, billing, employment, and medical information so the company can arrange and deliver care. That relationship explains why the February–March 2026 cybersecurity incident may involve both ordinary identifiers and protected health information.
BAYADA's notice says the company discovered a cybersecurity event on March 2, 2026. Its investigation determined that an unauthorized actor accessed certain BAYADA systems and copied data between February 18 and March 2. BAYADA completed its review of the affected data on July 1 and began notifying potentially affected people in July. The company said the information varied by person and could include names, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information, provider information, health-insurance information, prescription information, hospital admission or discharge information, disability information, Social Security numbers, and other protected information.
Maria D. Cappuccino, acting as court-appointed guardian for Angelo J. Monaco, filed a proposed class action against BAYADA on August 25, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The complaint is Cappuccino v. BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-10946. It alleges that BAYADA used inadequate data-security practices and waited too long to notify affected people. BAYADA's incident notice does not admit those allegations. It says the company immediately activated its incident-response process, hired outside specialists, reported the event to government agencies and law enforcement, reviewed its safeguards, and had no indication of identity theft or fraud related to the event when the notice was issued.
This is an early lawsuit, not a settlement or court-approved claims program. No payment amount, settlement fund, class certification, or recovery deadline has been established in the reviewed record. Affected people can preserve their notice and records, use the protective steps in BAYADA's notice, and request an attorney review. Contacting an attorney or submitting an eligibility form does not make someone a client, guarantee that the court will include them in a class, or promise compensation.
Who qualifies
- You received a BAYADA data-breach notice dated or mailed in July 2026.
- Your notice says your personal, medical, insurance, employment, or other protected information was involved in the February 18–March 2, 2026 incident.
- You were a BAYADA patient, client, employee, or another person whose information BAYADA held and you believe the incident affected you.
- A court has not certified a class, so the final group covered by the lawsuit has not been decided. An attorney must evaluate your facts and applicable law.
How to file your claim
- 1Keep the BAYADA notice and any enrollment code, envelope, emails, or other communications about the incident.
- 2Review your individual notice to identify the specific information BAYADA says was involved; the data categories vary by person.
- 3Consider the monitoring, credit-report, fraud-alert, credit-freeze, account-review, and explanation-of-benefits steps described in BAYADA's notice.
- 4Keep records of suspicious activity, identity-theft reports, unreimbursed expenses, and time spent responding to the incident.
- 5Submit the eligibility form below if you want an attorney or legal representative to review whether you may have a claim. An inquiry is not a settlement claim and does not guarantee representation or compensation.
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Sources
- Filed class action complaint — Cappuccino v. BAYADA
- BAYADA notice of privacy event
- BAYADA sample individual notice filed with the California Attorney General
- Massachusetts official data-breach notice archive — July 2026
- Plaintiff counsel — BAYADA data-breach litigation and active contact page
- BAYADA — About the organization and its services
Frequently asked questions
Has the BAYADA data breach lawsuit settled?
No settlement is identified in the reviewed sources. The verified complaint was filed on August 25, 2026, and no court-approved claim process or payment fund has been established.
What information may have been involved?
BAYADA said the information varies by person and may include names, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information, provider information, health-insurance information, prescription information, hospital admission or discharge information, disability information, Social Security numbers, and other protected information. Your individual notice is the best source for the data elements associated with you.
Who filed the lawsuit?
Maria D. Cappuccino filed the case in her role as court-appointed guardian for Angelo J. Monaco, a person who received services through BAYADA. She seeks to represent a proposed nationwide class and a proposed Pennsylvania subclass, but the court has not yet certified either group.
What does joining the BAYADA lawsuit mean right now?
There is no official settlement claim form. Affected people may request an attorney review and provide information relevant to the pending case. Contacting counsel does not guarantee representation, class membership, or a recovery.
Did BAYADA admit wrongdoing?
The reviewed company notice does not admit the complaint's allegations. BAYADA said it activated its incident-response process, hired outside specialists, notified government agencies and law enforcement, reviewed its safeguards, and had no indication of identity theft or fraud related to the event when it issued the notice.