The year 2020 was an eventful one in the world of healthcare antitrust. The year began with the announcement of the precedent-setting settlement of the California Attorney General’s action against Sutter Health and ended with...more
1/21/2021
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Biden Administration ,
Blue Cross ,
Blue Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance ,
Hospital Mergers ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
Multidistrict Litigation
After over 8 years of hard-fought litigation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, together with its 36 Blue Cross/Blue Shield members (“the Blues”), recently announced a proposed settlement of class action antitrust...more
The terms of a settlement that resolved antitrust litigation between the State of California and Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California, have now become public, almost two months after the settlement...more
1/7/2020
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Contract Terms ,
Contracting Procedures ,
Corporate Structures ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Market Power ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Sutter Health
Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Healthcare System) scored a big victory in its defense of an antitrust class action on March 4, when the Court ruled that the plaintiffs in Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg...more
The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced on November 15 that it was settling its antitrust lawsuit against Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Health System)....more
In a somewhat unexpected but highly significant move, United States District Judge David Procter (Northern District of Alabama), who is presiding over the In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation (Case No....more
6/20/2018
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Blue Cross ,
Blue Shield ,
Geographic Markets ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Market Allocation Scheme ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Per Se Rule ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sherman Act
Walgreens and Kroger have filed an antitrust action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania accusing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of engaging in anticompetitive conduct designed to stymie the...more
The California Attorney General recently filed a precedent-setting antitrust action against Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California (People of the State of California v. Sutter Health, Case No....more
Three health insurers accused of having violated the antitrust laws in Academy of Allergy & Asthma in Primary Care v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, et al. (Eastern District of Louisiana), have filed motions seeking a...more
In what was a surprise result, on April 23, Judge William Smith (Chief Judge of the District of Rhode Island) reversed the “tentative” decision he had announced last November, in Stewart Health v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...more