If an individual paid for a Philips Respironics CPAP, BiPAP, or Ventilator that was recalled, you will become a qualifying person for Philips CPAP MDL Settlement and can get a cash reward as well as many other settlement benefits. The settlement was approved by the court and the claim form submitting process was also disclosed on August 9, 2024, so it is expected that soon in 2025 you will get your settlement benefit payout amount.
Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout Date
A proposed Settlement has been reached in a United States class action lawsuit in which it was alleged that Economic Loss Claims linked to the purchase, lease, or rental of certain Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAPs), Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAPs), and ventilators that Philips Respironics recalled beginning in June 2021. These devices were sold in the United States between 2008 to 2021.
The Philips Defendants (Philips Respironics, Koninklijke Philips N.V., Philips North America LLC, Philips Holding USA, Inc., and Philips RS North America Holding Corporation) denied all the allegations. The Court scheduled a Final Approval of this Settlement on April 25, 2024, and gave final approval to this Settlement. The persons who are eligible and submitted a valid claim form before the deadline of August 9, 2024, will get settlement benefits.
The exact payout date of this settlement is not announced yet by officials. Normally a settlement takes a few weeks to several months to distribute their payout funds to qualifying individuals. The cash benefits of Philips CPAP MDL Settlement will begin to be provided later this summer and it is expected that it will continue on a rolling basis thereafter.
How can you get your Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout?
This is a very important question that comes into every qualifying person’s mind. Let me answer your question briefly. The settlement payout method of any settlement depends on several factors like claim filing date, claim form details, attached documents validity, and the last payout receiving method that you choose while applying or submitting a claim form.
The available payout-getting option you can view or select when you start your claim form submission process. In Philips CPAP MDL Settlement, available payment options are Zelle, Virtual Mastercard, and paper check. Users must choose ACH payment or paper check because the processing times for paper checks will be longer and often face unexpected delays.
Qualifying individuals can check the status of their submitted claim form by calling the officials at 1-855-912-3432. You can get detailed information about your settlement payout date, amount, and other settlement details through mail or email from officials and you can also edit your claim form to change your payout receiving method.
Who will get the Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout?
As we know the Philips CPAP MDL Settlement was approved and now only the qualifying individuals can get Settlement benefits or funds. Only those who fulfill the below-listed qualifying requirements can get a Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout.
- Settlement class participants must be a permanent resident of the United States including its Territories and the District of Columbia.
- Individuals with at-home devices (CPAPs, Bi-PAPs, Ventilators), Hospitals, and Sleep clinics in the United States can take part in this settlement.
- To qualify, All the persons including military and diplomatic personnel stationed overseas, who either:
- purchased, leased, rented, paid for (in whole or in part), or were prescribed a Recalled Device (“Users”),
- reimbursed (in whole or in part) a payment to purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise pay for a Recalled Device, such as insurers, self-funded employers, and third-party payers (“Payers”).
- To qualify, settlement class participants must have purchased, leased, rented, paid for (in whole or in part), or were prescribed a Recalled Device sold, leased, or rented in the United States between 2008 and 2021.
How much do you get from Philips CPAP MDL Settlement?
Philips denies all the allegations but agreed to pay a minimum of $445 million to compensate qualifying individuals for Device Payment Awards and Device Return Awards under the Philips CPAP MDL Settlement. Individuals can get a device payment award for each Recalled Device that they purchased, leased, or rented within a specific time limit. Device payment awards depend on the model of the recalled device. The device payment awards for users are listed in the below table under the Philips CPAP MDL Settlement.
| Recalled Device | Device Payment Award Amount |
| System One 50 Series ASV4 (Auto SV4) | $469.14 |
| System One 60 Series ASV4 (Auto SV4) | $424.32 |
| Trilogy 100/200, Garbin Plus, Aeris LifeVent | $1,552.25 |
| V30 auto | $67.12 |
| E30 | $453.83 |
| System One 50 Series BiPAP | $159.46 |
| System One 50 Series Base | $69.14 |
| System One 60 Series BiPAP | $152.70 |
| DreamStation BiPAP | $130.63 |
| DreamStation ASV | $379.50 |
| DreamStation Go | $107.43 |
| DreamStation CPAP | $55.63 |
| C-series S/T, AVAPS (C-series and C-series HT | $394.37 |
| System One 60 Series Base | $68.24 |
Individuals can get a maximum of $100 Device Return Award per Recalled Device they return to Philips Respironics. The Device Return Award amount is not based on the model of the Recalled Device. Philips will also pay qualifying candidates an extra $15 million as a Device Replacement Award. The Philips Defendants have agreed to pay $34 million for Payer Awards to eligible Payers. Payer Awards calculation depends on every eligible payer’s relative market share and depends on the number of insured lives covered by the Eligible Payer in the United States and the dollar amount of direct premiums that are written by the Eligible Payer in the United States in 2021 and 2022.
If you previously received or received a Remanufactured Device as part of a Philips Respironics Recall Program, then you will get 2-year extended warranty for each Remanufactured Devices that have a specific Serial Number from the associated Recalled Device and 2 years extended warranty for materials and workmanship on repair work that previously performed by Philips Respironics under the Recall Programs on Remanufactured Devices that also have the identical Serial Number as the associated Recalled Device. The last settlement benefit is a Device Replacement Award for the amount that you spent to replace a Recalled Device with a comparable CPAP, BiPAP, or ventilator Replacement Device on or after 14 June 2021 to before 7 September 2023.
What to do if your Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout is late?
If you will not get your Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout even after the distribution process begins, you need to do the following actions.
- Check the Official website: If your Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout is late go to the settlement website to review the settlement agreement so that you can check any updated payout dates or other details.
- Contact the Settlement Administrator: If you are a qualifying person but your settlement payout is late then it is advised to you to contact the settlement administrator to ask about the reason behind the delay in your payment receiving date.
- Have Patience: Sometimes it is a very good idea to patiently wait for at least four to five business days before reaching out to the officials to ask about why your settlement payout is not arriving on time.
- Review your payout receiving method: If unexpected delays or unexpected late occur in receiving your Philips CPAP MDL Settlement Payout then you must check your selected payout receiving method to make it clear you selected the electric payout receiving method that is the fastest way to get your payout on time.
