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Recently, Modern Healthcare published an article regarding the Provider Settlement.  The article can be found here.

If you or your business provided healthcare services, equipment, or supplies to Blue Plan patients anytime from July 24, 2008, to October 4, 2024, you may be eligible to submit a claim for your share of a $2.8 billion settlement reached with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system. The settlement, reached earlier this year

Healthcare economist experts working on the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust case for the past decade have calculated a value for the settlement’s injunctive relief in excess of $17.3 billion over the first ten years of its implementation. In addition to a $2.8 billion monetary payment, the significant benefits of the settlement’s injunctive relief include

Recently, Becker’s Hospital Review published an article regarding the Provider Settlement.  The article can be found here.

If you or your business provided healthcare services, equipment, or supplies to Blue Plan patients anytime from July 24, 2008, to October 4, 2024, you may be eligible to submit a claim for your share of a $2.8 billion settlement reached with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system. The settlement, reached earlier this year

Jeffrey Gold, Special Counsel of the Managed Care and Insurance division at the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) recently shared his insights on the risks of opting out of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Provider Antitrust Litigation.  His blog post can be found here.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Whatley Kallas, LLP Announces Major Settlement for Healthcare Providers A landmark $2.8 billion settlement has been reached with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“BCBSA”) and participating Individual Blue Plans (“Settling Defendants”). The settlement resolves claims brought by healthcare providers alleging anti-competitive practices, including agreements to divide geographic service areas and price-fixing for

Jeffrey Gold, Special Counsel of the Managed Care and Insurance division at the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) recently shared his insights on how the Blue Cross Blue Shield Provider Antitrust Litigation will transform the BlueCard program for providers.  His blog post can be found here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2024 BIRMINGHAM, AL – Whatley Kallas, LLP—Co-Lead Counsel in the long-running antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of healthcare providers nationwide— has announced a significant milestone in the case: the Court has granted preliminary approval of the settlement. The monumental settlement involving all Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities and the

The court overseeing the Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation has granted preliminary approval of the Provider Plaintiffs’ settlement, which provides $2.8 billion in monetary relief and extensive injunctive relief to healthcare providers. A copy of the preliminary approval order can be found here, and on Whatley Kallas’s settlement website at www.whatleykallas.com/bcbs-settlement.