Sutter Health will pay $575 million and adopt pricing changes to settle antitrust case

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Sutter Health to pay $575 million, change billing and contracts in settlement

A class-action lawsuit against Sutter is set to open this month in San Francisco Superior Court. The hospital giant stands accused of violating California’s antitrust laws by leveraging its market power to drive out competition and overcharge patients.

The case was a massive undertaking, encompassing years of work and millions of pages of documents. Had the plaintiffs prevailed in court, Sutter might have faced damages of up to $2.7 billion. The case initially was filed as a class-action lawsuit in 2014 by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union & Employers Benefit Trust, or UEBT, representing multiple employers, unions and local governments whose workers use Sutter services. Becerra’s office joined the case in 2018.

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