In re: Northshore University HealthSystem Antitrust Litigation

  1. May 07, 2024

    $55M Hospital Merger Suit Deal OK'd, UHC Objection Rejected

    An Illinois federal judge has given final approval to a $55 million class settlement, with $23.5 million in legal costs and attorney fees, resolving patient antitrust claims over a NorthShore University HealthSystem merger, all while finding that United Healthcare Services had no standing to object to the deal.

  2. April 08, 2024

    Judge Urged To Reject UnitedHealth's Antitrust Deal Qualms

    Patients who cut a $55 million antitrust settlement with NorthShore University HealthSystem are urging an Illinois federal court to reject objections by United Healthcare Services, arguing that the insurer has no standing to derail the deal and that its challenge to the agreement could dilute their recovery.

  3. January 24, 2024

    Hospital's $55M Deal To End 16-Year Antitrust Case Gets OK

    An Illinois federal judge granted initial approval Wednesday to a $55 million settlement by NorthShore University HealthSystem, resolving a 16-year-old antitrust class action over alleged price hikes the health system instituted following a merger in 2000 with Highland Park Hospital.

  4. February 23, 2023

    Ill. Hospitals Can't Knock Out Class In Price Hike Antitrust Suit

    A federal judge in Illinois has rejected a hospital system's attempt to derail a certified antitrust class action, saying the hospital patients' economic study of the suburban Chicago system's price increases after a 2000 merger could be enough for a jury to decide it dominated the local health care market and charged artificially high rates.

  5. October 11, 2018

    Court Urged To Decertify Class In Hospital Price Hike Row

    NorthShore University HealthSystem has again sought class decertification in an antitrust suit accusing it of harming the market for acute-care inpatient services, saying the latest class representative doesn't pass muster.

  6. June 19, 2018

    Patients Want New Reps In Hospital Price Hike Row

    Hospital patients in an antitrust suit alleging NorthShore University Health System harmed the market for acute-care inpatient services asked an Illinois federal judge to add new proposed class representatives to their case on Monday, saying the substitute plaintiffs better fit the suit's claims in the wake of the first class being decertified. 

  7. April 02, 2018

    Hospital Antitrust Suit Needs New Plaintiffs To Keep Cert.

    An Illinois federal judge Friday found the class in an antitrust suit alleging NorthShore University Health System harmed the market for acute-care inpatient services did not warrant certification because no plaintiffs had received such services, but gave them time to find replacement representatives who had.

  8. May 11, 2017

    Chicago Hospitals Aim For Win In Price-Hike Suit

    NorthShore University HealthSystem on Wednesday again asked an Illinois federal court to dismiss a class action alleging the 2000 merger that created the hospital chain hiked patient prices, saying the suit doesn't name a valid market or a valid class.

  9. September 12, 2016

    Chicago Hospitals Can't Ditch Merger Price-Hike Suit

    A Illinois federal judge last week mostly denied an attempt by NorthShore University Health System to ditch claims brought against it by a class of patients alleging the 2000 merger creating the chain of hospitals resulted in price hikes for patients.

  10. December 10, 2013

    Chicago Hospital Patients Get Class Cert. In Price-Hike Row

    An Illinois federal judge granted class certification to customers claiming the merger of two Chicago-area hospital groups resulted in price hikes for patients, finding Tuesday that the class showed the case would best be heard as a class action.