Settlement reached in Blue Cross dispute with N.C. docs (BizJournals)
The North Carolina Medical Society and 19 other state medical societies said Friday they have reached a settlement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and more than 80 BCBS state plans, including Chapel Hill-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, in a class-action lawsuit over billing and other business practices.

Twenty-Three Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans and the BCBSA Reach Agreement With Physicians (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
A group of 23 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced today that they have reached an agreement with representatives of a nationwide class of physicians to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami in 2003.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield to pay out $128M (The Herald-Sun)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina was among 23 Blues plans across the country that Friday announced a $128 million settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by 900,000 physicians regarding the insurers' business practices.

Blue Cross plans reach settlement in physician lawsuit (The Tennessean)
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is among 23 Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans nationwide to reach a settlement with doctors in a class-action lawsuit over physician pay filed in Miami. The lawsuit accused the Blue plans of scheming to avoid paying doctors in full. Under the terms of the settlement, which also involved the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the 23 Blue plans ...