This article was submitted by TMA's Legal Department. For questions, reach out to legal@tnmed.org. 

The national class action lawsuit, In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, addressed Provider Plaintiffs’ allegations that BlueCross plans across the nation violated antitrust laws by illegally dividing the U.S. into "Service Areas" and agreeing not to compete in those areas and fixing prices for services provided. The case was settled and the court approved the settlement on August 19, 2025. The Settlement became effective on September 19, 2025. The time period in which physicians and others in the Provider Class had to file claims for monetary recovery, absent a showing of good cause, has expired and the next step is making sure your claim notice is acknowledged by the Settlement Administrator.

Your Next Steps to Collect Your Settlement Proceeds and Monitor Settlement Compliance

The Settlement Claims Administrator, BrownGreer, issued claim notices beginning February 16, 2026, acknowledging receipt of your claim. Claimants may receive an email or mail notification regarding their notice and can log in to their portal at any time to view or download their notice.

Step 1. Make sure the Administrator received your claim notice. If you cannot locate the mailed correspondence or email acknowledgement from the Settlement Administrator, first make sure its communications are not blocked by your spam filter.

Step 2. Whitelist the email addresses NoReply@bcbsprovidersettlement.com and Administrator@bcbsprovidersettlement.com so you can receive important notifications from the Settlement Administrator.

Step 3. Make sure you can successfully log into your portal.

Click the “Log In” button in the banner at the top of https://www.bcbsprovidersettlement.com/Home/Index for your portal access. The Settlement Claims Administrator continues to analyze and evaluate claims and will issue new notices on a rolling basis going forward. Contact the Settlement Claims Administrator if you have any questions about a notice you have received.

Claimants who have not yet received a notice are encouraged to monitor the email address associated with their portal account and log in to their portal frequently to check for new notices. The Settlement Claims Administrator continues to analyze and evaluate claims and will issue new notices on a rolling basis going forward. Contact the Settlement Claims Administrator if you have any questions about a notice you have received.

Step 4. Monitor the Settlement home website, https://www.bcbsprovidersettlement.com/Home/Index for news and Settlement updates.

The website is very useful. It includes FAQs and copies of the Settlement documents.

Step 5. Report any violations of the Settlement Agreement and submit opportunities for improvement in the operation of the BlueCard Program.

As outlined in paragraph 17 of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Provider Settlement, a Provider Liaison Committee(“PLC”) was established to communicate trends and present opportunities for improvement in the operation of the BlueCard Program. Settlement Class Members who did not opt-out of the Settlement are encouraged to communicate any such concerns or desired improvements to the to the PLC. To provide information to the Provider Liaison Committee, please visit https://www.bcbsprovidersettlement.com/Home/MonitoringandPLCSubmissions.

As the TMA legal department does not have access to portal information, you should utilize the “FAQs” and “Contact Us” resources on the Settlement web page if you have questions about the Settlement or your share of the Settlement proceeds. TMA’s legal department is working with Provider Plaintiffs’ counsel to provide information about the Settlement to TMA members.