Welcome to the Stark v. BCBSNC Settlement Website
If you Received an Artificial or Prerecorded Voice Call from Change Healthcare, under the brand My Advocate, calling on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, You May Be Entitled to a Payment from a Class Action Settlement.
- A Settlement with a $1,670,000 cash fund has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming that Change Healthcare Resources, LLC, under the brand My Advocate, calling on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (“Defendants”), sent prerecorded voice messages to wireless telephone numbers without consent of the recipients in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227. Defendants deny the allegations in the lawsuit and the Court has not decided who is right.
- If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act. Please read the website carefully.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
- These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained here.
- The Court in charge of this case still must decide whether to approve the Settlement. If it does, and after any appeals are resolved, payments will be distributed as specified. Please be patient.
DO NOTHING
If you do nothing but have been identified in Defendants’ records and have received a mailed notice about the Settlement, you will automatically receive a payment from the Settlement Fund and will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit against Defendants about the claims in this case.
If you do nothing but have not been identified in Defendants’ records or have not received a mailed notice about the Settlement, you will not receive a payment from the Settlement Fund and will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit against Defendants about the claims in this case.
MAKE A CLAIM
If you have not been identified in Defendants’ records or have not received a mailed notice about the Settlement, you may make a claim to receive a payment from the Settlement Fund.
If you have been identified in Defendants’ records and have received a mailed notice about the Settlement, you will automatically receive a payment from the Settlement Fund without making a claim.
If you wish to receive the payment electronicially, as opposed by check, please make that selection when filing a claim online, here.
EXCLUDE YOURSELF
You may request to be excluded from the Settlement. If you do, you will not receive a payment from the Settlement Fund but will not give up your right to bring your own lawsuit against Defendants about the claims in this case.
OBJECT
Write to the Court if you do not like the Settlement.