Sutter Health is accused of using provider network manipulation, lack of price disclosure, and other means to keep its hospital services prices as much as 56 percent higher than competitors. (Image: Thinkstock)
Union trusts and self-funded employer plans are heading toward a long state court jury trial, in San Francisco, over a massive antitrust dispute with Sutter Health — a large, nonprofit, California-based health system.
The UFCW & Employers Trust (UEBT) and about 1,500 other health plans have accused Sutter Health of using provider network manipulation, lack of price disclosure, and other means to keep its hospital services prices as much as 56 percent higher than Northern California competitors' prices, and to contribute to Northern California inpatient care costing about 38 percent more than inpatient care in the Los Angeles area.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
