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City of Brevard, North Carolina v. HCA Healthcare, Inc. et al

  1. August 14, 2025

    HCA Settles Antitrust Claims Over Mission Health Contracts

    HCA Healthcare Inc. has made several commitments for the operation of its Mission Health hospital system in North Carolina and also agreed to establish a $1 million charity fund to settle claims from municipalities that it used contractual terms to thwart competition and raise prices.

  2. April 08, 2025

    Hospital Operator Gets 'Burdensome' Antitrust Info Bid Pared

    A North Carolina federal judge has pared HCA Healthcare Inc.'s subpoenas to a hospital network in a consolidated antitrust case accusing it of hiking Tar Heel State public employees' health insurance costs, putting a two-hour time limit on the depositions it sought and cutting three years of requested information.

  3. February 22, 2024

    North Carolina Hospitals Can't Exit Monopoly Claims

    Two healthcare companies cannot escape a consolidated antitrust suit claiming that a North Carolina hospital system drove up the price of health insurance for public employees, as a federal judge has found that the claims plausibly allege that the anti-competitive conduct occurred within the time window to sue.

  4. June 06, 2023

    North Carolina Cases To Watch: A Midyear Report

    The remainder of the year will find North Carolina's legal community paying close attention to a hospital system's antitrust battles, a challenge to a $189 million jury verdict in an intellectual property fight, and a trial in a harassment case against the federal judiciary.

  5. November 08, 2022

    NC AG Backs Counties' Monopoly Claims Against Hospital

    North Carolina's attorney general urged a federal court Tuesday to plow forward with an antitrust suit alleging a state hospital system has driven up the price of health insurance for public employees, saying the consolidation of hospitals in the region has stifled competition.

  6. September 12, 2022

    NC Approved Monopoly, Health System Says In Antitrust Case

    The current and former owners of a North Carolina hospital system are looking to duck an antitrust lawsuit alleging that they drove up the price of health insurance for public employees, telling a federal judge the hospital's alleged monopoly was sanctioned by the state.

  7. August 22, 2022

    NC Health Network's Monopoly Drove Up Prices, Counties Say

    A North Carolina hospital system's alleged regional monopoly has driven up the price of providing health insurance to public employees, two cities and counties said in a new antitrust suit.