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Blue Cross Blue Shield Loses Case – Sets up $2.67 Billion Settlement Fund

Period Affected is 2020 thru 2008 SEATTLE, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On November 30, 2020, the Honorable R. David Proctor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted preliminary approval of the class action Settlement in the In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406, N.D. Ala. Master File No. 2:13-cv-20000-RDP. What is the lawsuit about? Plaintiffs claim that… Read More »

Sutter Health and 60 Minutes

Critical feature and article of Sutter Health by 60 Minutes December 2020 Excerpt: Sutter Health is in the midst of a lawsuit for business practices that drove up health care prices for Californians. The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed more than a flood of disease in this country. It’s also expected to accelerate a wave of hospital mergers and… Read More »

Sanford Health and Intermountain Healthcare Merge

From FierceHealthcare oct2020 — Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health announced plans to merge. Healthcare giant Intermountain and Sanford Health, a leader in rural healthcare, signed a letter of intent to develop a strategic partnership. “Intermountain and Sanford have a shared vision of the future of healthcare and have the aligned values needed to better serve more communities across… Read More »