If you are eligible, claim your file at Act106Settlement.com to get benefits up to $50,000 in the Capital and Magellan Act 106 Settlement.
A settlement has been arrived at in two class action suits. The plaintiffs in the class action claims that Capital BlueCross and Magellan Health Services failed to follow the Pennsylvania law as described in Act 106 of 1989. The law is about the coverage and payment for certain non-hospital residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment, up to the maximum number of days defined, whenever the medical need for that treatment is certified in writing by a patient’s treating physician or psychologist.
The defendants have denied any unlawful activity but agreed to settle the class action lawsuits. The settlement was preliminarily approved on Nov. 14, 2014.
There are two Classes who are eligible for the class action settlement. They are the Subscriber Class and the Provider Class.
Subscriber Class: All the capital subscribers who received non-hospital residential addiction treatment between 12/22/2004 and 11/14/2014 through the following types of health plans: CHIP, a non-ERISA Capital ASO group plan for which Capital offers administrative services only for non-hospital residential addiction treatment, a Capital fully insured group plan not subject to ERISA.
Provider Class: All licensed Pennsylvania non-hospital residential addiction treatment facilities that provided non-hospital residential addiction treatment between 12/22/2006 and 11/14/2014 to a Capital subscriber through the following types of health plans: CHIP, a non-ERISA Capital ASO Group, or a Capital fully insured group plan not subject to ERISA
Following are the benefits you will get under this settlement:
1) Payment for certain expenses of non-hospital residential addiction treatment to Capital’s subscribers under non-ERISA fully insured group plan products, non-ERISA ASO group plan products, and CHIP.
2) The establishment of a Scholarship Fund for non-hospital residential addiction treatment, to benefit youngsters who are under the age of 18 years in the 21-county area in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley that Capital Services
3) The appointment of an independent Compliance Person to monitor the compliance of Defendants for a period of five years, funded by the Capital Defendants at up to $10,000 per year.
The settlement provides that Defendants shall pay a total $1,400,000 for the relief describe above, plus for any attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of litigations costs and with up to $50,000 in total incentive awards to the named Plaintiffs.
How to file a claim for Capital and Magellan Act 106 Settlement?
To get benefits from this settlement you have to fill out a claim form. Visit at www.Act106Settlement.com site to get claim form. Fill out the claim form and send it before the deadline date.
Settlement Website: www.Act106Settlement.com
Claim Form Deadline: March 16, 2015
Link to Claim Form: www.Act106Settlement.com
Final Hearing: January 30, 2015
Claims Administrator
Gregory B. Heller
Young Ricchiuti Caldwell & Heller, LLC
1600 Market Street
Suite 3800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 546-1004
Jonathan Auerbach
Jerome M. Marcus
Marcus & Auerbach LLC
101 Greenwood Avenue
Suite 310
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 885-2250
You may also contact your lawyers at Act106Settlement@ConsumerSettlement.org.
Class Counsel
Jonathan Auerbach
Jerome M. Marcus
MARCUS & AUERBACH LLC
Gregory B. Heller
YOUNG RICCHIUTI CALDWELL & HELLER LLC
Defense Counsel
Matthew J. Siembieda
Franco A. Corrado
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
Jayson R. Wolfgang
Jan. L. Budman II
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
A settlement has been arrived at in two class action suits. The plaintiffs in the class action claims that Capital BlueCross and Magellan Health Services failed to follow the Pennsylvania law as described in Act 106 of 1989. The law is about the coverage and payment for certain non-hospital residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment, up to the maximum number of days defined, whenever the medical need for that treatment is certified in writing by a patient’s treating physician or psychologist.
Who is Eligible?
There are two Classes who are eligible for the class action settlement. They are the Subscriber Class and the Provider Class.
Subscriber Class: All the capital subscribers who received non-hospital residential addiction treatment between 12/22/2004 and 11/14/2014 through the following types of health plans: CHIP, a non-ERISA Capital ASO group plan for which Capital offers administrative services only for non-hospital residential addiction treatment, a Capital fully insured group plan not subject to ERISA.
Provider Class: All licensed Pennsylvania non-hospital residential addiction treatment facilities that provided non-hospital residential addiction treatment between 12/22/2006 and 11/14/2014 to a Capital subscriber through the following types of health plans: CHIP, a non-ERISA Capital ASO Group, or a Capital fully insured group plan not subject to ERISA
Following are the benefits you will get under this settlement:
1) Payment for certain expenses of non-hospital residential addiction treatment to Capital’s subscribers under non-ERISA fully insured group plan products, non-ERISA ASO group plan products, and CHIP.
2) The establishment of a Scholarship Fund for non-hospital residential addiction treatment, to benefit youngsters who are under the age of 18 years in the 21-county area in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley that Capital Services
3) The appointment of an independent Compliance Person to monitor the compliance of Defendants for a period of five years, funded by the Capital Defendants at up to $10,000 per year.
The settlement provides that Defendants shall pay a total $1,400,000 for the relief describe above, plus for any attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of litigations costs and with up to $50,000 in total incentive awards to the named Plaintiffs.
How to file a claim for Capital and Magellan Act 106 Settlement?
To get benefits from this settlement you have to fill out a claim form. Visit at www.Act106Settlement.com site to get claim form. Fill out the claim form and send it before the deadline date.
Act 106 Settlement Highlights:
Settlement Website: www.Act106Settlement.com
Claim Form Deadline: March 16, 2015
Link to Claim Form: www.Act106Settlement.com
Final Hearing: January 30, 2015
Claims Administrator
Gregory B. Heller
Young Ricchiuti Caldwell & Heller, LLC
1600 Market Street
Suite 3800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 546-1004
Jonathan Auerbach
Jerome M. Marcus
Marcus & Auerbach LLC
101 Greenwood Avenue
Suite 310
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 885-2250
You may also contact your lawyers at Act106Settlement@ConsumerSettlement.org.
Class Counsel
Jonathan Auerbach
Jerome M. Marcus
MARCUS & AUERBACH LLC
Gregory B. Heller
YOUNG RICCHIUTI CALDWELL & HELLER LLC
Defense Counsel
Matthew J. Siembieda
Franco A. Corrado
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
Jayson R. Wolfgang
Jan. L. Budman II
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
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