Hennepin Healthcare MyChart Lawsuit: The 2024 Pixel Case Was Dropped
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If you used hennepinhealthcare.org or Hennepin’s MyChart portal, here is the short answer as of October 6, 2026: one federal class action over website tracking was filed in June 2024 and, reportedly withdrawn by the plaintiffs that October. We found no newer Hennepin Healthcare lawsuit, no settlement, no fund, no claim form and no deadline. The Minnesota pixel settlement in the news is Allina’s — a different health system.
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What the Hennepin Healthcare Lawsuit Claimed
On June 4, 2024, patients filed Johnson, et al. v. Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. in federal court in Minnesota. Per the case summary we hold, the lawsuit alleged that tracking code from Meta (the Meta Pixel) and Google ran on hennepinhealthcare.org and on the patient portal at mychart.hcmc.org, sending information about patients’ activity to those companies.
Hennepin’s portal is Epic’s MyChart. Patients use it to message doctors, see test results, request refills and manage appointments — which is why tracking on its pages draws lawsuits. These were allegations only; no court found that Hennepin shared anyone’s health information.
Case Details
Johnson, et al. v. Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., No. 0:24-cv-02129, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, filed June 4, 2024. Federal court statistics classify it under “other statutory actions,” the category many wiretap and privacy-statute claims fall into. Per the case record available to us, Hennepin moved to dismiss and the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case on October 30, 2024. We could not open the live docket on October 6, 2026, so treat that date as reported rather than independently confirmed here.
Status: Dismissed, No Settlement
A voluntary dismissal of that kind generally ends the case without a ruling on the merits — it neither proves nor disproves the tracking claims. We found no newer Hennepin Healthcare lawsuit over its website or MyChart. If one is filed, this page will say so with the case number.
Who Could Be Affected — and What to Check
The 2024 complaint targeted people who used Hennepin’s public website or its MyChart portal. Since the case is over, there is no class to be in and nothing to join.
What you can check yourself: which you used (the website, MyChart, or both), what you did there (searched a condition, booked an appointment, paid a bill, read results) and roughly when you last did it. Our form on this page asks exactly those three things, so that if a Hennepin case is ever filed or settled we can match you to it. The MyChart claim form guide lists the hospital cases where money is actually on the table.
Hennepin Healthcare data breach? The one incident we found is from 2020: the Hennepin Healthcare Foundation was caught up in the Blackbaud ransomware attack. Its July 22 letter said donors’ contact and demographic details and donation history were involved — donor records, not MyChart. We found no class action or settlement aimed at Hennepin over it.
What Similar Hospital Cases Paid
Allina Health (Minnesota): $12.5 million to resolve pixel-tracking claims, which Allina denies. The fund splits into $10,303,098 for portal, bill-pay and scheduling users and $2,196,902 for other patients, paid pro rata. It covers about 2,531,323 people who used Allina between September 16, 2018 and May 11, 2026. Claims closed September 8, 2026; the final approval hearing was set for September 24, 2026, and we could not confirm a ruling. Details: AllinaPixelSettlement.com.
Elsewhere: SSM Health paid $31.50 per claim on March 31, 2026 (our SSM page); Wellstar’s claim window runs until November 10, 2026 (our Wellstar page). Most hospital pixel funds range from under $1 million to about $12 million, paying $15–$50 per claim or a pro-rata share. Compare them in the MyChart settlement tracker.
How cases like this one end
Our copy of the federal courts’ own case database covers 80,165 other statutory actions casesclosed in U.S. federal district courts between 2015 and 2025, 11.8% of them filed as class actions:
- 26% ended in a settlement recorded by the court. Another 22.4% were dismissed voluntarily, which often follows a private settlement — so the real settlement share sits between 26% and 48.4%.
- 7.4% were decided on a motion before any trial.
- 1 in 155 reached a trial (0.6%), after a median of 22 months.
- Median time from filing to the end of the case: 5 months.
- Only 1,717 of them (2.1%) record a money award at all; the median of those is $195,000.
These are base rates for this type of case (federal other statutory actions cases) — not a prediction about this lawsuit, and not legal advice. Source: Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (civil), analysed by Settlement Insight. Cases heard in state courts are not included.
Hennepin Healthcare Lawsuit Timeline
- 1
2020 — Foundation Caught in Blackbaud Breach
Blackbaud, a cloud vendor for nonprofits, is hit by ransomware (access from February 7 to June 3). The Hennepin Healthcare Foundation’s July 22 letter says donor contact details and donation history were involved.
- 2
June 2022 – July 2023 — Hospital Tracking Under Scrutiny
The Markup reports the Meta Pixel on the websites of 33 of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals; in July 2023 the FTC and HHS warn about 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers.
- 3
June 4, 2024 — Johnson v. Hennepin Healthcare Filed
A proposed class action in the District of Minnesota (No. 0:24-cv-02129) alleges Meta and Google tracking on Hennepin’s website and MyChart portal.
- 4
October 30, 2024 — Plaintiffs Drop the Case
After Hennepin moves to dismiss, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss, per the case record available to us. No settlement, no payment.
- 5
May 11, 2026 — Allina Settlement Preliminarily Approved
The separate Allina Health pixel case, also in federal court in Minnesota, reaches a $12.5 million settlement. Claims closed September 8, 2026.
- 6
October 6, 2026 — No Open Hennepin Case Found
As of this date we found no pending Hennepin Healthcare lawsuit over tracking and no settlement or claim deadline.
Three Things to Watch For
A nearby $12.5 million settlement and a dropped Hennepin case make a confusing mix that imposters exploit:
“Hennepin MyChart settlement” claim sites
There is no Hennepin settlement and no administrator. A page asking for your MyChart login, Social Security number or a fee to “claim your Hennepin payout” is collecting data, not filing anything.
Allina notices sent to Hennepin patients
The Allina claim deadline was September 8, 2026, and only Allina patients were in that class. Messages telling Hennepin patients they can still join Allina’s fund for a processing fee are not from the administrator.
Calls citing your past donation
The 2020 Blackbaud incident exposed donor details and donation amounts. The foundation itself warned that scammers might use past donations to sound legitimate. Verify by calling Hennepin at a number you look up yourself.
Hennepin Healthcare Lawsuit — Questions People Ask
Is there a Hennepin Healthcare MyChart lawsuit?
There was one. Johnson, et al. v. Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. (D. Minn. No. 0:24-cv-02129) was filed June 4, 2024 over alleged Meta and Google tracking, and per the case record available to us the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed it on October 30, 2024. As of October 6, 2026 we found no newer case.
Is there a Hennepin Healthcare settlement or claim form?
No. There is no settlement, no fund, no administrator, no claim form and no deadline. Any site offering a Hennepin claim form is not official.
What is Hennepin’s patient portal called?
It is Epic’s MyChart, at mychart.hcmc.org. Epic, the MyChart vendor, is generally not the defendant in these cases — the hospital that placed the tracking code is.
Was there a Hennepin Healthcare data breach?
The incident we found is the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware attack, which hit the Hennepin Healthcare Foundation’s donor database. Its letter said donor contact and demographic data and donation history were involved. We found no lawsuit or settlement against Hennepin over it. Run any notice letter you have through the data breach settlement calculator.
I saw a Minnesota pixel settlement in the news. Is that Hennepin?
Almost certainly that is Allina Health’s $12.5 million settlement, which covers Allina patients only. Its claims deadline was September 8, 2026. We also checked Fairview: see our M Health Fairview page.
Why was the Hennepin case dismissed?
The plaintiffs dropped it themselves after Hennepin moved to dismiss, per the case record available to us. Plaintiffs do not have to give a reason, and there was no court ruling on whether the tracking claims were valid.
Can someone still sue Hennepin over tracking?
Possibly. A voluntary dismissal of that kind usually does not bar new claims, but deadlines (statutes of limitations) apply and depend on the claim. That is a question for a licensed attorney, not a form.
What can I do now?
Note whether you used the Hennepin website or MyChart, what you did there and when you last did it — our form asks exactly that. Keep any letter that mentions Hennepin or Blackbaud. And check the open MyChart cases in case another hospital you used has money on the table.
Separate from this case: were you injured in the last 2 years?
Class-action payouts are fixed amounts through an administrator. A personal injury claim is a different case — and often worth far more. Free estimate, no obligation.
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