MCNA Data Breach Settlement: Claim Deadline October 19, 2026
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If you got a letter about the 2023 MCNA Dental breach, you are probably in this settlement. The official site is www.mcnadatabreachsettlement.com. Everyone in the class gets two years of medical data monitoring without filing anything. Cash is only for documented losses — up to $2,500 per person — and the claim deadline is October 19, 2026. There is no flat cash payment.
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What the Lawsuit Says Happened
MCNA Dental is one of the largest providers of government-sponsored dental benefits for children through state Medicaid and CHIP programs. Its affiliate Healthplex administered dental plans in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. MCNA identified the intrusion on March 6, 2023; according to reporting on the investigation, an outside party was in the network from February 22, 2023 until March 7, 2023 and took data before encrypting files. The court notice describes the window as February 26 to March 7, 2023.
The breach covered 8,923,662 people. Exposed data included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, driver's license and government ID numbers, health insurance and Medicaid/Medicare ID numbers, and dental and orthodontic care details. Notice letters began going out on May 26, 2023.
The lawsuit alleges MCNA failed to use reasonable security and pleads negligence and breach of implied contract, among other claims. The defendants deny all allegations and any wrongdoing.
Case details
The case is Crowe, et al. v. Managed Care of North America, Inc., et al., No. 0:23-cv-61065-AHS in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, before Judge Raag Singhal in Fort Lauderdale. The defendants are Managed Care of North America, Inc. and MCNA Insurance Company (both d/b/a MCNA Dental) and Healthplex, Inc. Twenty-five proposed class actions were filed starting June 5, 2023 and consolidated on July 13, 2023. A second suit, Kleinheksel v. Managed Care of North America, Inc., No. 0:25-cv-61045, was dismissed with prejudice on July 17, 2026; its plaintiffs remain class members. Docket: CourtListener.
Status: Preliminarily Approved, Claims Open Until October 19
Nothing is paid until the court grants final approval and any appeals end. Our earlier report on the deadline: MCNA settlement: monitoring, not cash.
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Who Is in the Settlement Class
The class is all living individuals in the United States who were sent a notice that their information was potentially impacted in the MCNA data incident. You do not need to sign up to be included.
Many people in this class were children on Medicaid or CHIP dental plans when the breach happened, so the 2023 letter may have gone to a parent. The settlement notice carries a Class Member ID and a monitoring activation code — keep it, because you need the ID to file online.
What the Settlement Pays
Cash only for documented losses. You can claim up to $2,500 for unreimbursed costs from fraud or identity theft fairly traceable to the breach, with proof such as receipts. All such payments together are capped at $250,000; if claims exceed that, every payment shrinks pro rata. With almost 9 million people in the class, that cap is small. There is no alternative cash payment for people without documented losses.
MCNA has agreed to pay, separately, any attorneys' fees the court awards (up to $6,400,000) and litigation costs (up to $1,313,000), plus administration, so they do not reduce the benefits.
How cases like this one end
Our copy of the federal courts’ own case database covers 16,001 other personal property damage casesclosed in U.S. federal district courts between 2015 and 2026, 11.3% of them filed as class actions:
- 32.5% ended in a settlement recorded by the court. Another 19.5% were dismissed voluntarily, which often follows a private settlement — so the real settlement share sits between 32.5% and 52.1%.
- 5.9% were decided on a motion before any trial.
- 1 in 90 reached a trial (1.1%), after a median of 27.5 months.
- Median time from filing to the end of the case: 8.4 months.
- Only 250 of them (1.6%) record a money award at all; the median of those is $443,000.
These are base rates for this type of case (federal other personal property damage 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.
MCNA Breach and Settlement Timeline
February 22 – March 7, 2023 — The Breach
An outside party is inside MCNA's network, takes data and encrypts files. MCNA identifies the incident on March 6, 2023.
May 26, 2023 — Notice Letters Begin
MCNA starts notifying 8,923,662 people. The first class action follows on June 5, 2023; 25 suits are consolidated on July 13, 2023.
August 16, 2024 — Case Survives in Part
The court grants in part and denies in part the motion to dismiss. Mediations on July 10, 2024 and July 21, 2025 fail.
March 27, 2026 — Settlement Reached
The parties agree to a classwide settlement and the court stays the case on March 30, 2026. The agreement is filed on June 12, 2026.
July 14, 2026 — Preliminary Approval
Judge Raag Singhal grants preliminary approval. Kroll mails notices; the claim deadline is October 19, 2026.
November 16, 2026 — Final Approval Hearing
The court is scheduled to decide whether to approve the settlement and the fee request. Payments and monitoring follow only after approval and any appeals.
Three Things to Watch For
A settlement where most people get monitoring rather than cash invites some predictable tricks:
“Claim your MCNA cash payment” with no proof
There is no flat cash payment in this settlement. A message promising money for everyone, without receipts, is not describing this case — and a site asking for your Social Security number to “release” it is collecting data.
Fees to activate monitoring
The CyEx monitoring is paid for by the settlement and activated with the code in your notice. Nobody legitimate charges you to activate it or asks for card details to “verify” you.
Look-alike claim sites
Claims go through www.mcnadatabreachsettlement.com, run by administrator Kroll, using the Class Member ID on your notice. Type the address yourself rather than following a link in a text message.
MCNA Settlement — Questions People Actually Ask
Short answers to the questions people ask most about this case.
Is www.mcnadatabreachsettlement.com legitimate?
It is the settlement website for Crowe v. Managed Care of North America, administered by Kroll Settlement Administration. The genuine notice says “A Federal court authorized this Notice” and “This is not a solicitation from a lawyer,” and carries a Class Member ID and an activation code.
How do you know if a settlement email is real?
Check that it names the real case (Crowe v. Managed Care of North America, No. 0:23-cv-61065, S.D. Fla.), sends you to www.mcnadatabreachsettlement.com, and never asks for a fee. This settlement has no flat cash payment, so any message promising guaranteed cash to everyone is wrong.
What is the deadline?
October 19, 2026 for claims, online or postmarked. Reports give the same date to opt out or object; the date in your own notice controls. The final approval hearing is November 16, 2026.
Do I have to file a claim to get the monitoring?
No. Every class member who does not opt out gets two years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete. You activate it with the code in your notice, starting 30 days after the settlement takes effect.
How much do you usually get from a data breach settlement?
In this one, no cash unless you document a loss: up to $2,500 per person, with all such payments capped at $250,000 and reduced pro rata if claims exceed it. Everyone else receives monitoring only.
When will I get paid?
Only after the court grants final approval and any appeals are resolved. The hearing is set for November 16, 2026, so no payments or monitoring codes work before then.
What if I do nothing?
You stay in the class, release your claims against MCNA and Healthplex, and still receive the monitoring. You only give up the chance at reimbursement for documented losses.
Why did my child get the letter?
MCNA Dental is one of the largest providers of government-sponsored dental benefits for children through Medicaid and CHIP. If your child was a member, the child is the class member — the notice and the claim belong to them.
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