Published
September 14, 2026
Patients, attorneys, law firms and insurers who paid IOD Incorporated — now Datavant, LLC — for copies of Pennsylvania medical records between July 15, 2005 and September 3, 2012 may qualify to claim 35% of the basic, search-and-retrieval and per-page fees they paid from the IOD/Datavant class action settlement. Claims close November 30, 2026, and the Court will consider final approval on October 16, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The Proof of Claim must reach the settlement administrator no later than November 30, 2026, whether it is submitted online or mailed. The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has granted preliminary approval, and the final fairness hearing is scheduled for October 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM before Judge Alan D. Hertzberg. No final approval order has been entered, and no payment date has been announced. Class membership is limited to requesters who were sent Mail Notice, and filing requires the Notice ID and PIN printed on that notice.Free settlement alerts
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Status
Claims Open
Claim Deadline
November 30, 2026
Must be received by the administrator, not postmarked
Estimated Payout
35% of Fees Paid
Varies by requester · the exact total is printed on the mailed notice and shown in the settlement website account
Proof Required
Yes — Notice ID and PIN
Only requesters sent Mail Notice are in the class · non-patient requesters can file only online
What Changed Recently?
The case has been running since July 2009, and the claim process is the new part. The settlement agreement was signed in June 2026, the caption was changed in May 2026 to name Datavant, LLC as successor-in-interest to IOD Incorporated, and the long-form notice is dated July 16, 2026. Requesters who knew the vendor under a later name will find the same company here: IOD merged into HealthPort Technologies at the end of 2015, HealthPort renamed itself Ciox Health, LLC in February 2016, and Ciox Health became Datavant, LLC in March 2025. Mail notices went out to the requesters Datavant's records identify, the settlement website opened, and the claim window now runs to November 30, 2026.The underlying dispute is about how much a records-copying vendor could charge under the Pennsylvania Medical Records Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 6152, before the statute was amended effective September 4, 2012. The lawsuit alleges that IOD billed the maximum statutory rates rather than its estimated actual and reasonable expenses for locating, retrieving, reproducing and transmitting records, and that doing so breached an implied contract. IOD/Datavant denies every allegation, denies that a litigated class could be certified, and denies that anyone was harmed. It agreed to settle without admitting wrongdoing to avoid the burden, expense and uncertainty of continuing a case that is now in its seventeenth year.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class covers patients, patient representatives, patient designees (including insurance companies and attorneys designated by a patient or a patient's agent), and others who served a subpoena without being designated by a patient, who submitted a record request to a Pennsylvania healthcare provider or facility for copies of medical records and were charged and paid IOD Incorporated or its subsidiaries the maximum basic, search-and-retrieval and/or reproduction fees set by 42 Pa.C.S. § 6152(a)(2)(i) as it stood between July 15, 2005 and September 3, 2012, with payment made in that same window — and who were sent Mail Notice.Where the requester lives does not matter; where the records were held does. An out-of-state law firm that paid IOD for records from a Pennsylvania hospital during the class period can be a class member.
The class definition excludes requests that did not require a patient authorization, and requests where the maximum statutory fees were not both charged and paid. The notice gives four examples of excluded requests: requests for radiological images; insurance companies performing auditing functions under a written contract; healthcare providers or facilities; and governmental entities. Also excluded are present and former counsel for the defendant in this case, the Court and its immediate family and staff, and class counsel.
One carve-out is easy to miss. HealthPort Technologies, LLC is expressly outside the definitions of Defendant and Released Parties, including any HealthPort rights or liabilities later assumed by IOD or Datavant. HealthPort was a separate competitor until it merged with IOD at the end of 2015, and claims involving it are being pursued in a separate coordinated case in the same court, Case No. GD-09-012923.
According to the settlement agreement, Datavant identified roughly 50,000 persons and entities in the class, accounting for 379,126 record requests.
How Much Can You Get?
Each approved claim pays 35% of what the class member actually paid IOD for basic fees, search-and-retrieval fees and per-page copying fees on the qualifying record requests, regardless of how those charges were labeled on the invoice. There is no flat payment and no minimum: a requester who paid for one $25 record request recovers a few dollars, and a firm with hundreds of requests recovers a proportionally larger sum.The individual total is not something a class member has to calculate. It is printed on the mailed notice and appears on the Proof of Claim in the class member's account on the settlement website, alongside a Transaction List showing each invoice number, the invoice date, the patient whose records were requested, the healthcare provider, the amount paid, and the settlement benefit for that transaction.
Datavant has agreed to make up to $9,268,095 available to pay claims. If valid claims exceed that figure, the administrator pays every valid claim on a pro rata basis, so the effective recovery would fall below 35%. If valid claims come in under it, the unused money goes back to Datavant.
Attorneys' fees of up to $1,950,000, litigation costs of up to $32,500, notice and administration expenses estimated at under $140,000, and a class service award of $25,000 are all to be paid by Datavant separately and do not come out of the money available for claims. The Court may award less than the amounts requested, and its ruling on them does not affect the settlement.
Claimants can elect payment by mailed paper check, Zelle, PayPal, Venmo, electronic Mastercard or ACH, but only the online form allows anything other than a check. The notice warns that some electronic payment methods carry fees or costs that may reduce the amount received, disclosed at the time the method is selected.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Proof Required: Yes. No receipts, invoices or copies of old checks have to be attached, but the online claim portal is gated on the Class Member ID — a QR code, or a Notice ID plus a PIN — printed on the mailed notice. Nobody who was not sent Mail Notice is in the class in the first place, so the identifier functions as the proof of class membership.The gate is stricter for some class members than others. Requesters designated as patients received a paper Proof of Claim attached to their notice and can mail it in. Non-patient requesters — the lawyers, law firms, insurers and businesses that make up most of the class — received a notice with no paper claim form attached and, per the notice, can file only through the settlement website using their Class Member ID.
The claim is signed under penalty of perjury and certifies that the claimant has not assigned the claims and knows of no one else who filed on the same record requests. Someone filing on behalf of a class member — as a patient requestor beneficiary, or as a successor to a law practice or business that has since changed hands — certifies that they hold all rights to the benefit and may be asked to upload documentation showing it. The administrator can request additional information to validate any claim and may reject a claim if the request goes unanswered.
What Is the Deadline?
The Proof of Claim must be received by the settlement administrator no later than November 30, 2026, online or by mail. The notice is explicit that mailed claims are judged on receipt rather than on postmark date, so a claim mailed close to the deadline can fail even though it was sent in time. No filing timezone is specified in the notice.Two earlier deadlines apply to the other options. A written request for exclusion must be received by October 1, 2026 and, like the claim, is judged on receipt rather than postmark; exclusion cannot be requested by phone or email. Objections and any notice of intention to appear at the fairness hearing must be filed with the court and served on counsel by September 16, 2026.
How Do You Take Action?
Claims are filed at the official settlement website, IOD Settlement PA. Entering the Notice ID and PIN from the mailed notice, or scanning the QR code on it, opens the class member's account, where the Transaction List and the Proof of Claim are waiting. The form asks the claimant to confirm or correct the pre-printed name and address, select the transactions being claimed (or choose Select All), pick a payment method, and sign the certification. A confirmation screen lists the selected transactions before the claim is submitted.A class member whose notice has been lost or discarded should use the contact options on the official settlement website to ask the administrator about their Class Member ID rather than guessing at it. Doing nothing means receiving no payment while still being bound by the release if the Court approves the settlement.
What Happens Next?
The final fairness hearing is set for October 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 816 of the City-County Building in Pittsburgh. The Court will decide whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, hear any timely objections, and rule on the requested attorneys' fees, costs and service award. A hearing is not an approval; nothing is final until the Court enters a final approval order.Payment follows the Effective Date, which arrives only after the appeal window closes with no appeal or after any appeals are fully resolved. The agreement gives Datavant 14 days after the Effective Date to fund the settlement account and the administrator 30 days after it to send payment notices and issue payments. Paper checks must be cashed within 90 days of the date on the check. The notice cautions that appeals can take more than a year.
Sources and Verification
This page is based on the primary settlement documents: the Class Settlement Agreement and Release executed in June 2026, the court-approved Long Form Notice dated July 16, 2026, the Patient and Non-Patient Mail Notices, the Electronic Proof of Claim, and the official settlement website, IOD Settlement PA. The case is David M. Landay v. Datavant, LLC, as successor-in-interest to IOD Incorporated, Case No. GD-09-012922, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.The procedural history summarized above comes from the recitals of the settlement agreement, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 2014 decision in the coordinated Wayne M. Chiurazzi Law Inc. v. MRO Corp. appeal, 626 Pa. 303, 97 A.3d 275, which sent the "actual and reasonable expenses" question back to the trial court. The full notice is embedded below.
This page is informational and is not legal advice.
Questions
Do you have to live in Pennsylvania to be in the IOD/Datavant settlement class?
No. The class is defined by where the records were held, not by where the requester lives. It covers record requests made to a Pennsylvania healthcare provider or facility that IOD serviced and billed during the class period. An out-of-state law firm or insurer that paid those charges and was sent Mail Notice is covered; a Pennsylvania resident who was never sent Mail Notice is not.
What if a law firm was reimbursed by its client for the medical records charges?
The notice tells requesters who were reimbursed by someone else to consider whether the settlement benefit has to be passed on to whoever paid them back, and states that attorneys reimbursed by clients may have an ethical obligation to hold the settlement benefit in their client trust account and return the funds to the client. The settlement itself does not decide that question.
Can a class member claim only some of the transactions on their list?
Yes, but only through the online Electronic Proof of Claim. The settlement website shows a Transaction List of the record requests Datavant attributes to each Class Member ID, and the online form lets a claimant select individual transactions or choose Select All. A patient who mails the paper Proof of Claim attached to the notice is claiming the total benefit shown on that form.
Does this settlement cover records requests billed by HealthPort Technologies?
No. The settlement agreement expressly carves HealthPort Technologies, LLC out of the definitions of Defendant and Released Parties, including any HealthPort rights or liabilities later assumed by IOD or Datavant. Claims involving HealthPort are being pursued in a separate coordinated case in the same court, Case No. GD-09-012923.
What happens if valid claims exceed the $9,268,095 settlement claims amount?
The settlement administrator pays every valid claim on a pro rata basis, so each claimant receives a proportionally reduced share rather than the full 35%. If valid claims come in under the cap, the unused money is returned to Datavant rather than redistributed to claimants.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
Up to $9,268,095 available for claims
Case Title
David M. Landay v. Datavant, LLC, as successor-in-interest to IOD Incorporated
Case Number
GD-09-012922
Court
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Final Approval Hearing
October 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Courtroom 816, City-County Building, Pittsburgh · before Judge Alan D. Hertzberg
Administrator
American Legal Claims Services, LLC
Official Website
IOD Settlement PA
