Mantese Honigman Rossman and Williamson and John J. Conway Appointed Interim Lead Class Counsel in Class Action Alleging Blue Cross of Michigan Has Charged Hidden Fees

TROY, Mich., Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 31, 2014, United States District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith appointed Mantese Honigman Rossman and Williamson, P.C. and John J. Conway, P.C. Interim Lead Class Counsel in a putative class action lawsuit brought by participants and beneficiaries of self-funded health plans asserting that Blue Cross breached its fiduciary duties by charging hidden fees to hundreds of employer funded health plans in Michigan. Plaintiffs are seeking a judgment that would require Blue Cross to repay all the allegedly hidden fees charged.

According to the Complaint, Blue Cross reported a low administrative fee to its customers to give the illusion that its administrative costs were competitive with other third-party administrators.  Blue Cross then hid additional administrative fees in the amounts it reported as hospital claims costs. The suit alleges that Blue Cross kept the difference between what it was actually paying for employee health care claims and what it reported it was paying for claims. The Complaint alleges it was Blue Cross' policy to charge these hidden fees to all employer self-funded plan customers in Michigan and therefore the lawsuit should proceed as a class action on behalf of all such plans.

The attorneys for the Plaintiffs are:

Gerard V. Mantese, Esq.
Dave Honigman, Esq.
Brendan H. Frey, Esq.
1361 E. Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48083
248-457-9200 Office
[email protected]
[email protected] 
[email protected]

John J. Conway, Esq.
John J. Conway P.C.
26622 Woodward Ave., Suite 225
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
313-961-6525 Office
[email protected]

SOURCE Mantese Honigman Rossman and Williamson