In the past month, two more Florida health care firms have joined a growing list of companies that have reported incidents of hacking or unauthorized access of patients’ personal data.

Information on more than 4,000 patients of DermCare Management and Apollo Medical Supply were exposed in two separate breaches, according to recent reports made to the Department of Health and Human Services.

They join 33 other Florida health care firms that have reported data breaches to the agency since July 2023, a federal report shows. The breaches potentially exposed the personal data of more than 6.7 million Florida patients.

That list includes Tampa General Hospital, which earlier this year agreed to pay $6.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by some of the 2.1 million patients whose

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