Who is in the Settlement Class?

For purposes of the Settlement, the Parties have agreed, and the Court has ruled, that everyone whose circumstances align with the following Settlement Class description is a Settlement Class Member:

All individuals who, from January 1, 2014, received any type of healthcare treatment from any entity located in South Carolina that is or was owned or affiliated with Defendants, including Mary Black Health System, LLC and Gaffney H. M. A., LLC, while being covered by valid health insurance (including but not limited to all commercial health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid), and whose medical bills resulting from that treatment were not submitted to their health insurance provider for potential payment and instead the individual either had their recovery reduced as a result of Defendants’ policy or paid Defendants as a result of the policy.

Excluded from the Class are:

  1. All people who timely and validly exercise their right to opt out of the Settlement Class;
  2. Employees of the Defendants; and
  3. Employees of the Court and their immediate family.

The Settlement Class refers to the following “Defendants“:

  • Mary Black Health System, LLC, d/b/a Mary Black Memorial Hospital
  • CHSPSC, LLC
  • Professional Account Services, Inc., including Gaffney H.M.A., LLC

Did you receive in the mail a Notice of Proposed Settlement and Claim Form?

  • The Claims Administrator mailed the Notice of Proposed Settlement and Claim Form to the Settlement Class Members as identified by Defendants’ records. Notices were mailed by July 15, 2026. U.S. Postal Service First-Class Mail generally takes 1 to 5 business days to arrive.
  • If you received in the mail the Notice of Proposed Settlement and Claim Form, this means that records from the Defendants indicate that you or someone in your family (the “Patient”) received medical treatment at the hospitals that were operated by Mary Black Health System, LLC (Mary Black Health System – Spartanburg) or and Gaffney H. M. A., LLC (Mary Black Health System – Gaffney) sometime from January 1, 2014 and the Defendants did not bill the Patient’s valid health insurance provider for said treatment but instead sought payment from the Patient, or from the Patient’s proceeds of a separate tort action, or from an at-fault third-party’s insurance carrier. If that is true, then the Patient may be a Settlement Class Member.
  • If you have not received the Notice of Proposed Settlement and Claim Form by July 22, 2026, and if you believe that you qualify as a Settlement Class Member, you should submit a Claim Form (available for download here).

If you are not sure if you are included in the Settlement Class, you can ask for free help. You can:

Remember the deadline to submit a claim is August 31, 2026.

Please do not call the Court.