Antitrust – Monopoly Maintenance & Leveraging – Hospital System – Inpatient & Outpatient Care – Surrounding Area
Plaintiffs allege that, even if hospital-system defendants obtained their Asheville-area inpatient-care monopoly legally (largely via the now-repealed Certificate of Public Advantage law), defendants illegally coerced health insurers into including anti-steering provisions in their policies in order to maintain defendants’ monopoly in the “Asheville Region Inpatient Services Market.” Plaintiffs allege that, absent these anti-steering provisions, the
Source: nclawyersweekly.com