Radiology Business May 15, 2024
A private equity firm accused of trying to build a monopoly in radiology was dismissed as a defendant in an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC first sued Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in September, claiming the New York investment outfit and US Anesthesia Partners have perpetrated an “anticompetive scheme” in anesthesiology. Though not named as a defendant, the complaint also accused Welsh Carson of trying to do the same in imaging via its investment in US Radiology Specialists.
However, a Texas judge on Tuesday ruled that the FTC “has not adequately alleged that Welsh Carson ‘is about to violate antitrust law,’” dismissing the firm as a defendant.
“The FTC alleges that nothing ‘prevent[s] Welsh Carson...
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