Sutter's legal troubles aren't over; a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of Bay Area patients, alleging the same basic charges, is scheduled to go to trial in October.
A California judge late last week approved a landmark $575 million antitrust settlement against Sacramento-based Sutter Health. The company now must operate under new rules designed to curb its ability to dictate the price of health care in Northern California, the "Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star" reported.
Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo approved the settlement nearly two years after Sutter tentatively agreed to the deal and seven years after a health insurance plan run by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union sued the health care giant. The state joined the case in 2018.
Complete your profile to continue reading and get FREE access to BenefitsPRO, part of your ALM digital membership.
Your access to unlimited BenefitsPRO content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
