Class Information

You are a Class Member if you meet the following definition:

All self-funded payors that (1) are citizens of California for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d) or arms of the State of California and (2) compensated Sutter for general acute care hospital services or ancillary products: At any time between January 1, 2003 and July 25, 2016 at prices set by contracts between Sutter and Aetna; At any time between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2016 at prices set by contracts between Sutter and Anthem; At any time between January 1, 2003 and June 25, 2016 at prices set by contracts between Sutter and Blue Shield; At any time between January 1, 2003 and April 30, 2016 at prices set by contracts between Sutter and Cigna; or At any time between January 1, 2003 and June 30, 2016 at prices set by contracts between Sutter and United Healthcare/PacifiCare.

You are a self-funded payor if you are an entity (such as an employer, healthcare benefit trust, union benefit trust or California government entity) that funds a health plan for your employees or members. You are a self-funded payor if you offer your employees or members a self-funded health plan, even if you also offer them a fully-insured health plan. You are a self-funded payor regardless of whether your self-funded plan is administered by a health insurance company or a third-party administrator.

You are a citizen of California if you are a self-funded payor and (a) you are organized under the laws of California, or (b) you have your principal place of business in California. To be a member of the Class, you must have been a California citizen on the date the case was filed, April 7, 2014. If you were a California citizen on that date, you are a Class Member even if you were not a California citizen after that date.

You are an arm of the State of California if you are a California governmental entity (for example, a city, county, hospital district, school district, fire protection district, water or irrigation district, transit or transportation district, joint powers agency or authority, public university, department within the State, superior court, the Judicial Council of California, or the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program).

You compensated Sutter for general acute care hospital services or ancillary products if you paid Sutter for health care provided to your health plan members or enrollees by a Sutter general acute care hospital. If you had the contractual obligation to pay Sutter for such services (either directly or indirectly through an insurance company (e.g., Blue Shield), third-party administrator, or other third party), you are considered the one to have compensated Sutter, even if another entity (such as a parent company or affiliate) paid Sutter on your behalf.

You are not a Class Member if you timely opted out of the Class after it was certified by the Court. The Court’s deadline to opt out was June 11, 2018.