Walker v. Highmark Health Options

Update May 2, 2023: On May 2, 2023, the Court issued its Order regarding final approval of this settlement. The Claims Administrator is in the process of completing adjudication on all claim submissions. Should additional information be required to complete review of your claim, you will be contacted by the Claims Administrator. Award payments for valid and timely claim submission are expected to be transmitted on or around June 30, 2023. 

You are a Settlement Class Member if you were the subscriber or primary user of a cellular telephone number that received pre-recorded/artificial voice calls from or on behalf of Defendant Highmark Health Options Inc. You are a Settlement Class Member if your cellular telephone number (or a cellular telephone number currently or previously associated with you) has been identified as meeting the following definition:

1. During the Class Period (November 30, 2016, through December 13, 2022), all persons within the United States who are subscribers or primary users of a cellular telephone number to which Defendant Highmark BCBSD Health Options Inc. placed (or had placed on its behalf by Defendant Cotiviti, Inc.) a telephone call using a pre-recorded or artificial voice,
   1. when such a call to that cellular telephone number had previously resulted in (a) a “WRONG_NUMBER” disposition or (b) a “MSG_DECLINED” disposition without a subsequent disposition of “CORRECT_PERSON” or “MSG_HUMAN” and
   2. when at least one subsequent call to that cellular telephone number had the disposition “WRONG_NUMBER”, “MSG_MACHINE”, “CORRECT_PERSON”, “MSG_HUMAN”, “HANGUP”, “NO_CONTINUE”, or “MSG_DECLINED”.

This means you are a Settlement Class Member if from November 30, 2016, through December 13, 2022 a call with a pre-recorded message was made by the Defendants to your cellular telephone number and this call was answered, and a previous call suggested a wrong number was reached.

You do not need to know if calls placed to you actually resulted in one of the dispositions listed above. If you have received a notice, your cellular telephone number (or a cellular telephone number currently or previously associated with you) has already been identified as qualifying.

Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read the Frequently Asked Questions carefully.

Summary of Your Legal Rights and Options in This Settlement

Submit a Claim	Submitting a claim on this website no later than March 27, 2023, or sending a paper claim postmarked no later than March 27, 2023 is the only way to get Settlement benefits.
Exclude Yourself (Opt Out)	Choosing this option is the only way to ever be a part of any other lawsuit against Defendants about the legal claims in this case. However, it means you will not receive any benefits as part of this Settlement. Requests for exclusion must be postmarked by March 10, 2023.
Object	Write to the Court about why you do not support the Settlement. The deadline to file an objection is March 10, 2023.
Go To a Hearing	Ask to speak in Court about why you do or do not support the proposed Settlement or any of its provisions. The Fairness Hearing will be held on May 2, 2023.
Do Nothing	If you do nothing, you will not be entitled to receive a payment. You will give up rights to sue Defendants about the legal claims in this case.

These rights and options — and the deadlines to exercise them — are explained on this website.