A recently decided case out of Connecticut provides a useful examination of how antitrust standing issues may be analyzed in cases involving commercially-insured patients directly suing.
AG Tong: Plaintiffs have standing in Hartford HealthCare antitrust case- On Monday, Attorney General William Tong’s office urged the court to reject the basis of part of Hartford HealthCare’s argument to dismiss an antitrust case filed against the hospital system.The original proposed class-action lawsuit filed in February.
Several health providers in Connecticut, including the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services and Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT), will pay a combined $2.85 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims of IVF price fixing.
Last month, St. Francis Hospital sued Hartford Healthcare in federal court, accusing it of jeopardizing competition and limiting consumer choice by siphoning off doctors and seeking a monopoly of physician practices.