Healthcare DIVE June 7, 2024
The California health system beat allegations of anticompetitive conduct in 2022. But a new ruling says the original jury didn’t hear the full story.
Dive Brief:
- Sutter Health must once again face an antitrust lawsuit after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the original 2022 jury received improper instructions and was barred from hearing relevant evidence.
- The lawsuit, which was originally filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2012, alleged the Sacramento, California-based nonprofit health system wielded its market dominance to force health plans into contracts that only included services at Sutter-affiliated locations.
- However, the district court ruled in Sutter’s favor at the time — perhaps due to...
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