Owners of fax numbers that were sent Indegene’s February 7, 2020 fax offering a $250-per-patient honorarium for a Parkinson’s medication record review may qualify to claim up to $250 from the Indegene TCPA junk fax class action settlement. Claims close December 9, 2026; the final approval hearing is set for January 12, 2027.
Current Status
Claims are open. The deadline to file is December 9, 2026, and a claim must be submitted online or postmarked by that date; the settlement documents do not state a time of day or timezone. The court preliminarily approved the settlement in August 2026, and the final approval hearing is scheduled for January 12, 2027. No final approval order has been entered, and no payment date has been announced as of October 10, 2026.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
Indegene, Inc. agreed to settle Progressive Health and Rehab Corp. v. Indegene, Inc., et al., a class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2020. The plaintiff, a health care business, alleges that Indegene and three affiliated companies violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending advertisements by fax without the recipients’ prior express invitation or permission. Indegene denies the allegations and any wrongdoing, and the settlement is not a finding that any law was broken.The case had already moved further than most junk fax suits before it settled. The court certified a class on July 17, 2025, and Indegene asked the appeals court for permission to challenge that ruling before the parties reached an agreement through a mediator. The settlement agreement was signed in August 2026, the court granted preliminary approval later that month, and notice went out by fax, with mailed notice as a fallback, which opened the claim period that ends December 9, 2026.
The settlement resolves claims only about the February 2020 fax. Under the agreement, class members do not release claims about any other fax advertisement Indegene may have sent.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class is every person or entity that was successfully sent a fax on or about February 7, 2020, titled “Medical Record Review of the Impact of Adverse Events Associated with the Use of Current anti-Parkinson’s Disease Medications on Patient Clinical Therapeutics and Outcomes Trajectories in the U.S.,” that offered an honorarium of $250 per eligible patient. Given the subject matter, most recipients are physician practices and other health care offices.Membership turns on the fax number, not on whether anyone at the office read the fax. The class list was built in discovery from roughly 18,869 fax transmissions, and a claim counts only if at least one fax number listed on the claim form is a number that was deemed to have received the fax successfully.
Indegene and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and controlled persons are excluded, along with their officers, directors, members, managers, agents and employees and those people’s immediate families. The court and its officers are also excluded.
How Much Can You Get?
Each valid claim is set to receive a check for $250, and the agreement describes that amount as $250 per fax. Payments drop below $250 only if the total of approved claims, plus attorneys’ fees, expenses, the class representative’s award and administration costs, would be more than the settlement fund. In that case every approved claimant receives an equal pro rata share instead.The fund is up to $4,717,250, which works out to exactly $250 for each of the roughly 18,869 faxes. Class counsel will ask the court for 35% of the fund in fees and costs, or $1,651,037.50, plus a $15,000 award for the plaintiff business. Subtracting those two requests leaves about $3.05 million before administration costs, which have not been disclosed. By OCA’s estimate, that is enough for roughly 12,200 full $250 payments, so a pro rata cut would come into play only if claims from about two-thirds of the class list were approved. That is an estimate from the published figures, not a projection from the administrator.
This is a claims-made settlement with a reversion. Indegene does not deposit the full fund in advance, and any money not needed for approved claims, fees, the award and administration stays with Indegene. Checks become void 120 days after they are issued, and money from uncashed checks also returns to Indegene rather than going to a charity.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
The online claim portal requires the Claim Number and PIN printed on the notice that the administrator faxed or mailed to the class. A claimant without those credentials can download the paper claim form from the settlement website and return it by mail or fax instead.Either way, the claim form asks for the claimant’s name, company, contact details and every fax number they want counted. It also requires a signed statement under penalty of perjury that the listed fax number belonged to the claimant or the claimant’s company in February 2020. A claimant whose number was not theirs at that time signs an alternate statement and explains when the number was obtained. No receipts or other documents are required, but the administrator can ask for more information, and a claim that does not supply it in time is treated as invalid.
What Is the Deadline?
The claim form must be submitted online or postmarked on or before December 9, 2026. The same date is the deadline to request exclusion from the settlement and to object to it. The notice gives dates only and does not name a time of day or a timezone.Exclusion requests in this case go to class counsel rather than to the administrator, and they must be in writing, signed and postmarked by the deadline. Objections are filed with the court and must also be served on both sides’ lawyers, and an objector who wants the court to consider the objection must appear at the final approval hearing. The official notice on the settlement website lists the required contents and the addresses.
How Do You Take Action?
Claims are filed through the official Indegene TCPA settlement website. Its File Claim button opens the online claim portal, where a claimant logs in with the Claim Number and PIN from the notice and completes the form. The paper claim form is posted on the site’s Important Case Documents page along with the notice and the settlement agreement.Lost or missing credentials and address changes are handled through the contact page on the settlement website. If an approved claimant’s address changes after filing, the administrator needs the claim number, the old address and the new one.
What Happens Next?
The final approval hearing is scheduled for January 12, 2027, at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Edward S. Kiel at the federal courthouse in Camden, New Jersey. Class counsel’s motion for fees, costs and the class representative’s award is due no later than seven days before that date. The hearing can be moved without further notice.Payments come only after the settlement takes effect, which is the day after final approval is entered if no one objects, or after the time to appeal has run out and any appeals are resolved if there are objections. Indegene then has 15 business days to send the administrator the money for approved claims, fees and costs, and the administrator mails the checks. No payment date has been announced.
Sources and Verification
- Official settlement website — case summary, options and deadlines
- Settlement website FAQ — class definition, payment terms and the final approval hearing
- Important Case Documents — the notice of class action settlement, the claim form and the settlement agreement with its proposed orders
- Online claim portal — Claim Number and PIN login
- New Jersey Law Journal — report on the August 2026 preliminary approval
Questions
Why did a fax about a medical record review lead to a class action?
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act bars sending an advertisement by fax without the recipient’s prior express invitation or permission, and sets statutory damages of $500 per violation. The plaintiff alleges the February 7, 2020 fax, which offered physicians a $250 honorarium per eligible patient for a record review, was an advertisement sent without permission or a valid opt-out notice. Indegene denies the allegations and any wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who is right.
Is the $250 paid per fax number or per claimant?
The settlement agreement says each valid claimant receives $250 per fax, and the claim form asks claimants to list every fax number they held. The settlement website describes the benefit as a payment of up to $250. Only one claim per fax number is validated, and the settlement administrator decides which claims are valid, subject to court approval.
Can the current owner of a fax number file if the number changed hands?
The claim form has two versions of the ownership statement. One certifies under penalty of perjury that the fax number belonged to the claimant or the claimant’s company in February 2020. The other states that it did not and asks the claimant to explain when the number was obtained. Only one claim per fax number is validated, and the administrator reviews each claim for completeness and plausibility.
What happens to money that nobody claims?
It stays with Indegene. The fund of up to $4,717,250 is not deposited in advance, and any amount not paid to claimants, the class representative, class counsel or the administrator remains Indegene’s property. Settlement checks are void 120 days after they are issued, and money from uncashed checks also reverts to Indegene. Nothing goes to charity.
Can the Indegene settlement still be cancelled?
Yes, in limited cases. The court must still grant final approval after the January 12, 2027 hearing. Separately, the agreement lets Indegene void the deal if 80 or more class members opt out, a right it must use no later than 30 days before the final approval hearing. If the settlement is cancelled, the case returns to where it stood before the agreement was signed.
