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The Presbyterian Health Plan overtime settlement in Pruess v. Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc. resolved the overtime claims of care coordinators and utilization management nurses. The court granted final approval on June 24, 2026, after more than six years of contested litigation.
Defendants Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc. and Fluent Health, LLC agreed to pay $38,700,000 to resolve overtime misclassification claims on behalf of 918 current and former Care Coordinators and UM Nurses employed between February 1, 2013 and December 15, 2025.
District Judge David H. Urias granted final approval of the class and collective action settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice on June 24, 2026, in Pruess v. Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc. & Fluent Health, LLC, No. 1:19-cv-00629-DHU-JFR (D.N.M.).
Class members were not required to submit a claim form to receive payment, and no portion of the settlement fund reverted to the defendants. Not a single class member excluded themselves from the settlement. One class member filed a written objection and later withdrew it, without any payment or consideration in connection with the withdrawal.
Plaintiffs Dania Pruess, Mary Bateman, Linda Vargas Martinez, and David Gallegos brought overtime misclassification claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act on behalf of themselves, a certified Rule 23 class, and FLSA collectives of Care Coordinators and Utilization Management Nurses.
The court found the settlement fair, reasonable, and adequate under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) and the Tenth Circuit's factors in Jones v. Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc., 741 F.2d 322, 324 (10th Cir. 1984), and found it had been negotiated at arm's length with the assistance of a neutral mediator.
$38,700,000, granted final approval on June 24, 2026.
918 current and former Care Coordinators and Utilization Management Nurses employed by Presbyterian Health Plan and Fluent Health between February 1, 2013 and December 15, 2025.
No. No class member excluded themselves, and the single written objection was voluntarily withdrawn.
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