Etairos Health, a Florida home health care company, is taking settlement claims until December 21, 2026, and the money comes in two sizes: a flat $75 alternative cash payment, or reimbursement of documented costs up to $4,500. The $75 replaces a reimbursement claim and cannot be stacked on one. The $4,500 is a ceiling for proven losses, not a payment.
The class is any U.S. resident individual to whom Etairos provided written notification of its data incident, and the claim site says that notice went out on or around March 22, 2024. The company provides home health care in Largo, Palm Harbor, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando and Tamarac, and the site says the personal information involved belonged to current and former employees.
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Why the $75 and the $4,500 cannot be added together
The claim site’s FAQ calls the $75 an alternative cash payment in lieu of a claim for reimbursement. A class member takes it instead of claiming out-of-pocket losses and attested time, and the settlement home page says a person may not claim both. The two figures are alternatives.
The $4,500 is the other branch. The FAQ describes it as up to $4,500.00 in reimbursement of unreimbursed costs and expenditures per person. Up to is the operative phrase: the money follows the documented loss, so a person with $200 in proven costs is looking at $200, not $4,500.
Time sits inside that ceiling, not on top of it. The FAQ lists up to $120.00 for time spent responding to the notice, described as up to eight hours at $15.00 an hour, with an attestation and a description of the actions taken. Documented costs and time together stay under $4,500.
What a valid claim also unlocks
Credit monitoring is tied to filing. The home page says the settlement provides credit monitoring services and that class members must submit a claim to receive that benefit, so even a person who wants only the protection has to file by December 21.
Etairos also agreed to implement and maintain verifiable contractual data security procedures for three years once a formal settlement agreement is executed. That commitment is not a payment, and the FAQ attaches no dollar figure to it.
Attorneys’ fees do not eat into the claims. The FAQ says court-awarded fees, costs, expenses and the service award will not reduce the amount available to class members who submit valid claims. It describes no pro rata cut.
Postmarks, opt-outs and a January 20 hearing in Clearwater
Claims can be submitted online through the claim form or mailed on the paper form, and mailed forms must be postmarked no later than December 21, 2026. The administrator is the Etairos Health Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799, at (866) 719-2657.
Anyone who wants out must mail a signed exclusion letter postmarked by November 20, 2026, and objections carry the same date. Both fall a month before the claim deadline, so the decision to stay in the class comes first.
The case is Isabel Garcia Bueno v. Etairos Health, Inc., No. 24-002129-CI, in the Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida. The final hearing is set for 9:00 a.m. on January 20, 2027, at the Clearwater Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Courtroom B, or by Zoom if the court orders. Etairos’s FAQ adds that the date or time can change without further notice.
The FAQ posts no payment date. It says only that payments will be made per the terms of the settlement agreement, which leaves the timing open.
The timeline is long. The incident occurred on or around February 20, 2024, and notices followed on or around March 22, 2024. Claims close nearly 33 months after those letters went out.
The class definition excludes certain people, including Etairos’s officers and directors and the assigned judge. Questions about who is covered go to the administrator at info@EtairosHealthSettlement.com or (866) 719-2657.
Residence does not narrow the class to Florida, even though the company works there. The definition reaches any U.S. resident individual who was sent the written notice, so a former employee who has since moved out of state is covered.
Objections follow a separate path. They are filed with the Clerk of the Court at 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Florida 33756, with copies mailed to class counsel and defense counsel, and they must be postmarked no later than November 20, 2026.
Which payment fits which situation
A person who lost nothing and has no receipts has a simple path: the $75, on a claim filed by December 21. It pays the same amount whatever was spent.
A person who did spend money has a trade to weigh. Reimbursement follows the proof, so it beats $75 only when documented costs and time total more than $75. Anyone whose receipts add up to less gives up money by choosing reimbursement.
That makes December 21 a gathering deadline as much as a filing one. The reimbursement branch asks for documentation, and the clock ends for both branches on the same postmark date.
Choosing between $75 and receipts before December 21?
Taking the $75 gives up reimbursement, and choosing reimbursement without enough proof can leave less than $75. Either choice rides on a claim that has to be postmarked by December 21.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes a step-by-step filing walkthrough and the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice. Its Part 5 covers claiming when the receipts are gone, which bears on whether the documented-loss branch is worth the effort.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
