Epic Lawsuit Targets Alleged ‘Sham’ Providers in Data HIE

Suit Alleges Competitor Lets 'Shell Firms' Exploit National Data Exchanges Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 16, 2026

Electronic health records giant Epic Systems is accusing a corporate rival of enabling a slew of companies masquerading as healthcare providers to improperly access digital patient records from national health data exchanges.

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Epic accuses Health Gorilla of allowing sham medical practices access to its network, and those fake practices of marketing access to lawyers searching for plaintiffs in class action lawsuits. The complaint names several co-defendants, including Mammoth and RavillaMed.

Epic and four health organizations alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court that Florida-based Health Gorilla enabled several companies to "exploit ...