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Judge gives preliminary approval to Sutter’s $575M antitrust settlement
Sutter would pay $575 million, and would have to limit out-of-network costs and cease “all-or-nothing” contracting with health plans, according to the settlement.
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A sweeping antitrust settlement that would require Sutter Health to change its billing practices and negotiations with payers is nearing a close. Superior Court of San Francisco Judge Anne-Christine Massullo gave preliminary approval to the $575 million settlement on Tuesday more than a year after Sutter first agreed to the terms.
The case, first brought against Sutter by grocers’ union United Food & Commercial Workers, alleged that the health system used its market power to prevent health plans from negotiating for smaller networks, forcing them to sign “all or nothing” contracts to cover all of its facilities. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office joined the case in 2018. Sacramento-based Sut
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