Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2024
Jersey City, N.J.-based CarePoint Health Systems was partially denied a request to delay its antitrust lawsuit against West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health by a New Jersey federal magistrate judge due to the health system’s Nov. 3 filing for Chapter 11 protection, Law360 reported Nov. 5.
Here are five things to know:
1. CarePoint accused RWJBarnabas of conspiring to remove competition, particularly related to three CarePoint-operated hospitals in Hudson County, N.J., in a lawsuit filed Sept. 6, 2022. The lawsuit alleged that RWJBarnabas worked with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and real estate players to drive traffic to CarePoint’s competing emergency rooms without proper health department approval.
2. RWJBarnabas’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by U.S....
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