State of Washington v. Franciscan Health System et al

  1. March 18, 2019

    Hospitals Agree To Settle Antitrust Suit With Washington AG

    A nonprofit hospital chain and affiliated doctors' clinic have reached a settlement plan with the Washington attorney general in an antitrust suit accusing them of carrying out anti-competitive deals affecting medical care in the Puget Sound region.

  2. February 19, 2019

    Health Cos.' Weakness Defense Won't Fly In Price-Fixing Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday gave the state attorney general's office a partial win on antitrust claims against two health care companies, knocking down their defense that they would have been weakened without making allegedly anticompetitive deals.

  3. November 30, 2018

    Wash. State Slams Health Cos.' Defense In Price-Fix Suit

    Washington state lawyers accusing two health care companies of fixing reimbursement rates are telling a federal court that the companies can't escape the claims by arguing that one of them would be weakened without making the deals.

  4. July 25, 2018

    1 Co. Or 2? Price-Fixing Row Judge Says Jury Must Decide

    A Washington federal judge has refused to come to an early conclusion on whether two health care providers accused of price-fixing reimbursement rates are actually a single entity excused from certain antitrust laws, saying a jury must decide whether they are separate or not.

  5. March 13, 2018

    Wash. Health Care Price-Fix Suit Survives Dismissal Bid

    A Washington federal judge on Monday refused to kill a suit accusing a pair of health care providers of engaging in anti-competitive deals, saying the state has plausibly alleged services agreements between them amount to a horizontal price-fixing agreement.

  6. August 31, 2017

    Washington State AG Sues To Break Up Health Care System

    Washington's state attorney general on Thursday sued CHI Franciscan Health in federal court seeking to undo two recent transactions the suit claims were undertaken to increase prices on patients in the Kitsap Peninsula area west of Seattle.