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In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406

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Case Number:

2:13-cv-20000

Court:

Alabama Northern

Nature of Suit:

890 Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Judge R David Proctor

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  1. July 28, 2021

    Providers Say BCBS Can't Argue It's A Single Entity

    Health care providers accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations of thwarting competition by carving up the national market into service areas and refusing to compete against each other are asking an Alabama federal court to revisit the insurers' argument that it is a single entity.

  2. July 23, 2021

    BCBS Calls Providers' Antitrust Damage Claims 'Speculative'

    Health care providers suing Blue Cross in a massive antitrust case cannot justify billions in damages because they are relying on a merely speculative "snowball" effect of conduct stretching back decades, the insurance giant told an Alabama federal judge Friday.

  3. December 01, 2020

    Ala. Judge Gives Initial OK To $2.67B BCBS Antitrust Deal

    Citing "historic and substantial" structural reform terms and a massive, $2.67 billion class damage award, a federal judge in Alabama granted preliminary approval late Monday to a settlement of claims that the nation's Blue Cross plans conspired for years to thwart competition nationwide.

  4. November 16, 2020

    Ala. Judge Wary Of Second-Guessing $2.67B BCBS Deal

    A federal judge in Alabama cautioned an attorney for non-consenting class members Monday about second-guessing "the tactical decisions of class counsel" in a proposed $2.67 billion multidistrict class settlement for alleged overpayments to Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurers.

  5. November 13, 2020

    Calif., Texas Insurees Won't Say Yes To $2.67B BCBS Deal

    Three insurance buyers say class members from their states were given a raw deal when the nation's Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers inked a sweeping $2.67 billion settlement aimed at ending antitrust claims they had been battling for the better part of a decade.

  6. October 31, 2020

    BCBS Insurers Reach $2.67B Antitrust Deal In Alabama

    The nation's Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers tentatively agreed late Friday to a $2.67 billion class settlement fund and sweeping anti-competitive practice reforms to settle a long-running multidistrict suit based in Alabama federal court that was filed by dozens of subscriber groups.

  7. April 17, 2019

    BCBS Providers, Subscribers Push For Cert. In Antitrust MDL

    Health care providers and insurance subscribers asked an Alabama federal judge to certify several classes in their sprawling litigation accusing the Blue Cross Blue Shield network of stifling hospital reimbursements and hiking purchasers' premiums with a scheme to divvy the market among its members.

  8. March 19, 2019

    BCBS Providers Cite Anthem Contradictions In Del. Trial

    Health care provider class attorneys on Tuesday alerted an Alabama federal judge to recent Anthem Corp. testimony in Delaware that they say contradicts Blue Cross Blue Shield Association denials that the group's rules, including nationwide limits on member revenues from "non-Blue" businesses, are anticompetitive.

  9. March 14, 2019

    UPMC Asks Ala. Court To Let Other 'Blues' Replace Highmark

    The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday urged an Alabama federal judge to let it join the multidistrict litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield network and let other "Blues" contract with UPMC in place of its rival, Highmark Health.

  10. January 18, 2019

    Judge Orders Blue Cross Attys To Shape Up In Antitrust MDL

    The Alabama federal judge overseeing sweeping antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield network has said he can no longer wait for the insurance giant's army of lawyers to marshal themselves into a more manageable group, ordering a dozen attorneys into a "Council of Twelve" to streamline a leadership plan.

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