Becker's Healthcare October 11, 2022
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a Tenet Healthcare subsidiary, is the largest ASC chain in the country. Here’s what the company did in the third quarter:
1. A federal judge ruled an antitrust suit, filed by former employees of Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health, can move forward against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, DaVita and UnitedHealth Group affiliates, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 27.
The ruling denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss claims that between 2010 and 2019, the defendants engaged in an antitrust conspiracy where employee compensation was reduced by agreeing not to solicit or hire each others’ senior employees. The allegations involve SCA Health and United Surgical Partners International, which is now fully owned by Tenet.
2. In a July 22...