Published
August 8, 2026
Updated
October 20, 2026
People who kept receiving USA Clinics Group text messages after opting out may qualify to claim $50 per message, up to $150, from the TCPA class action settlement. The claim deadline was October 5, 2026, and final approval was granted September 18, 2026.
Current Status
The Court granted final approval of the settlement on September 18, 2026, in an Agreed Order Granting Final Approval and Final Judgment entered after the Final Approval Hearing that day. The claim deadline was October 5, 2026 — online claims had to be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on that date, and mailed Claim Forms postmarked no later than that date. The deadline to exclude yourself or to object passed on August 19, 2026. No payment date had been announced as of October 20, 2026.
Status
Claims Closed
final approval granted September 18, 2026
Claim Deadline
October 5, 2026
online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern · mailed Claim Forms postmarked by the same date
Estimated Payout
Up to $150
$50 per text, capped at three texts per person · subject to pro rata reduction
Proof Required
Yes
LoginID from your postcard or email notice · plus a PIN to file online · no screenshots or phone bills
What Changed Recently?
The case behind this settlement is Christopher Simpkins v. Medical Management of Chicago, LLC d/b/a USA Clinics Group, Case No. 2026-001894-CA-01, before the Honorable Spencer Eig in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida. The named plaintiff alleges that USA Clinics Group violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending more than one text message within a 12-month period, promoting its goods and services, to cell phone numbers whose users had already opted out of those messages — or whose numbers were listed on the National Do Not Call Registry without the company having permission to contact them.The Court has certified a single class for settlement purposes only, approved the notice program, and set the claims process in motion. Simpluris is sending postcard and email notices to the class list drawn from USA Clinics Group's records. USA Clinics Group denies that it did anything wrong and denies that the case should be certified as a class action in litigation; the Notice states plainly that the Court has not decided who is correct, and that both sides settled to avoid the cost, risk and uncertainty of a trial.
USA Clinics Group is described in the Notice as a private health care services company headquartered in Illinois. Its own materials describe it as the parent of USA Vein Clinics, USA Fibroid Centers, USA Vascular Centers and a number of other specialty centers, which is worth knowing because the text you received may well have carried one of those brand names rather than "USA Clinics Group."
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Who Qualifies?
The Court defined a single Settlement Class, called the TCPA Class. It covers all persons in the United States who, from June 12, 2021 to June 16, 2026, were sent more than one text message by or on behalf of USA Clinics Group within any 12-month period, regarding its goods or services, to that person's cell phone number — and then either:• sent after the person told USA Clinics Group they did not want the texts, by replying to a message with "stop" or a similar opt-out instruction; or
• sent while the person's telephone number had been listed on the National Do Not Call Registry for at least thirty days, without the person having given prior express invitation or permission.
Two elements are common to both routes and both have to be met. The texts had to promote USA Clinics Group's goods or services, and you had to receive more than one of them inside a single 12-month window — a lone text does not qualify. From there, either the ignored opt-out or the Do Not Call registration gets you into the class.
If a postcard or an email about this settlement reached you, it is because the records show your number was texted, so you are likely in the class. Class members who submit a valid request for exclusion are out.
How Much Can You Get?
USA Clinics Group has agreed to make up to $574,350.00 available as the Settlement Fund. A class member who submits a timely, valid, complete and verified Claim Form receives $50.00 per text message, capped at three messages — so $150.00 is the ceiling for any one person, regardless of how many texts arrived. Only one Claim Form per class member is allowed, and that single form covers every qualifying text sent to all of your telephone numbers.The same $574,350 also has to cover notice and administration costs, the attorney fees and costs the Court awards, and any service award. Class Counsel will ask the Court to approve fees of 33.33% of the fund, which works out to roughly $191,000, and to approve a service award of up to $5,000.00 for the named plaintiff. Both requests are subject to Court approval and the Court may award less. Once those come out — and before notice and administration costs, which the Notice does not quantify — something on the order of $378,000 would be left for class payments. At the full $150 per person that is roughly 2,500 paid claims before any reduction kicks in. Treat that as an estimate, not a promise: the real figure depends on what the Court awards and what administration actually costs.
If the fund cannot cover $50.00 per text for every approved claim, the per-message amount is reduced uniformly on a pro rata basis so that all payments, fees, costs, administration and any service award together stay inside the fund. In practical terms, your payment can shrink depending on how many valid claims come in.
The Settlement Administrator decides whether a claim is valid and determines how many text messages you received using USA Clinics Group's records. One term worth flagging: the Notice states that if money remains in the Settlement Fund after all distributions are made, the Settlement Administrator returns the remainder to USA Clinics Group. Money nobody claims goes back to the company rather than to the class or to a charity.
How you get paid depends on how you file. The Claim Form states that filing electronically on the settlement website lets you choose a digital payment by PayPal, Venmo, Virtual Prepaid Card or Zelle, and that the digital option is available on the website only. File on paper and you are paid by check mailed to the address on your form.
What Proof or LoginID Is Required?
You do not need screenshots of the texts, phone bills, or any other documentation of what you received. What you do need is the identifier the administrator assigned to you.The online claim portal opens on a login screen with two required fields, LoginID and PIN, both printed on the notice that was sent to you. The paper Claim Form asks for the LoginID too, and warns that failing to include it may result in denial of your claim. Because filing is conditioned on a code that only appears in the mailed or emailed notice, this page treats the settlement as Proof Required: Yes even though no receipts are requested.
Beyond the LoginID, the Claim Form asks for your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address; every telephone number at which you received more than one USA Clinics Group text; your payment selection; and your signature and date. You sign under penalty of perjury, attesting that you were the subscriber or authorized user of the numbers listed and that you meet the class definition. The Settlement Administrator may come back for additional information, and a claim that does not answer in time is treated as invalid.
If a notice never reached you, or you no longer have it, use the contact page on the official settlement website to ask the Settlement Administrator for your LoginID and PIN — you will need to give your full name and mailing address. Do not guess at a code; an invalid or incomplete Claim Form can be rejected.
What Is the Deadline?
Claim Forms are due October 5, 2026. Online submissions must be in by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on that date, and mailed Claim Forms must be postmarked no later than the same date.The exclusion and objection deadlines come much earlier — both fall on August 19, 2026, roughly seven weeks before claims close. A request for exclusion must be mailed to the Settlement Administrator postmarked by that date, and an objection must be filed with the Court by that date with a copy sent to the Settlement Administrator. Class Counsel's request for attorney fees and costs is also due to be filed by August 19, 2026.
How Do You File a Claim?
Filing online is the fastest route. Open the official settlement website, USA Clinics Group TCPA Settlement, go to the claim form login, and enter the LoginID and PIN printed on the notice you were sent. From there the form collects your contact information, the phone numbers at which you received the texts, your payment selection, and your certification and signature.If you prefer paper, the Claim Form can be downloaded from the settlement website and mailed to the Settlement Administrator at the address printed on the form. A paper Claim Form can also be requested from the Settlement Administrator. Whichever route you take, keep a copy of what you submit.
What If You Want Out — or Want to Object?
Opting out means you get no payment but keep the right to sue USA Clinics Group on your own over the claims this settlement resolves. A request for exclusion has to be a signed written letter mailed to the Settlement Administrator, postmarked no later than August 19, 2026, containing the case name and number, your name, address and telephone number, your current phone number and any number at which you received a USA Clinics Group text, a statement that you want to be excluded, and your signature. Exclusions cannot be submitted by phone, fax or email, and mass requests for exclusion are not allowed. Opt out and you also give up the right to object.Objecting is different: you stay in the class and tell the Court why you think the settlement should not be approved. A written objection has to be filed with the Court by August 19, 2026, with a copy sent to the Settlement Administrator, and the Notice sets out a long list of required contents — the case name and number, your full name, address, telephone number and signature, information confirming you are a class member including the number at which you received a text, the specific grounds for your objection with its factual and legal basis, the identity of any witnesses and documents you want considered, the contact information of any attorney asserting the objection for you, a statement of how many class settlements you have objected to in the past five years, and whether you or your attorney intend to appear at the hearing. The Notice states that an objection has to meet every one of those requirements to be valid. Objecting does not cost you your payment — you remain eligible for settlement benefits.
If you do nothing, you stay in the class, receive no money, and give up the right to sue USA Clinics Group over the claims the settlement releases.
What Am I Giving Up?
Unless you exclude yourself, the release covers TCPA claims arising out of or related to any text messages you received from USA Clinics Group during the class period, including claims about texts sent to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, texts sent after opt-out requests, and claims under other federal or state telemarketing laws. That release binds you whether or not you file a claim. The Settlement Agreement, which is available on the settlement website, sets out the full definitions of the Released Claims and Released Parties.What Happens Next?
Judge Eig held the Final Approval Hearing on September 18, 2026 and, the same day, entered an order finding the settlement fair, reasonable and adequate, approving $191,430.86 in attorneys' fees and costs for Class Counsel and a $5,000 service award, and entering final judgment. The claims period ran until October 5, 2026 — after the hearing, not before it.The order directs the Administrator to send payments to class members with valid, timely claims after the settlement's Effective Date. The Notice states that no payments will be made until all appeals are final, and that resolving appeals can take more than a year. Approval being granted is not the same as payments being released. No payment date had been announced as of October 20, 2026.
Sources and Verification
• Official settlement website — USA Clinics Group TCPA Settlement• Long Form Notice of Class Action Settlement and Claim Form (PDF)
• Christopher Simpkins v. Medical Management of Chicago, LLC d/b/a USA Clinics Group, Case No. 2026-001894-CA-01, Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida
• National Do Not Call Registry (FTC)
• FCC — Telemarketing and robocall rules under the TCPA
Questions
The texts came from USA Vein Clinics or USA Fibroid Centers. Am I covered?
The Settlement Class is defined by texts sent by or on behalf of Medical Management of Chicago, LLC d/b/a USA Clinics Group regarding its goods or services. The Notice does not break the class down by individual brand name, and USA Clinics Group's own materials describe it as the parent of USA Vein Clinics, USA Fibroid Centers, USA Vascular Centers and other specialty centers. The Settlement Administrator decides whether a claim is valid and determines the number of qualifying text messages using USA Clinics Group's records, so the records are what settle the question.
Why is the payment capped at three text messages?
The settlement pays up to $50.00 per text message with a cap of three messages per person, so $150.00 is the ceiling for an approved claim no matter how many texts you received. Class members may submit only one Claim Form, and that single form covers every qualifying text sent to all of their telephone numbers.
What happens to money left over in the Settlement Fund?
The Notice states that if any money remains in the Settlement Fund after all distributions are made, the Settlement Administrator returns it to USA Clinics Group. That reversion term is one reason the fund is described as an amount USA Clinics Group makes available rather than a fixed sum that is guaranteed to be paid out in full.
Can I get paid by Venmo or PayPal instead of a check?
Only if you file online. The Claim Form states that a claimant who submits electronically on the settlement website can choose a digital payment by PayPal, Venmo, Virtual Prepaid Card or Zelle, and that the digital option is available on the website only. A Claim Form submitted by mail is paid by paper check sent to the address on the form.
The opt-out deadline is before the claim deadline. Does that matter?
It matters if you were considering suing USA Clinics Group on your own. Requests for exclusion and objections are both due August 19, 2026, while Claim Forms are not due until October 5, 2026. Once the exclusion window closes you are in the class, and unless the settlement falls apart you release the claims it covers even if you never file for payment.
When would payments actually go out?
The Court granted final approval on September 18, 2026, after holding the Final Approval Hearing that day. The order directs the Administrator to pay valid, timely claims after the settlement’s Effective Date, which comes only once any appeals are resolved. No payment date had been announced as of October 20, 2026.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
Up to $574,350
covers class payments, fees, costs, administration and the service award · unclaimed funds revert to the defendant
Case Title
Christopher Simpkins v. Medical Management of Chicago, LLC d/b/a USA Clinics Group
Case Number
2026-001894-CA-01
Court
Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida
Final Approval Hearing
Final approval granted September 18, 2026
Hearing held September 18, 2026 before Judge Spencer Eig
Administrator
Simpluris
Official Website
USA Clinics Group TCPA Settlement
