Buried underneath 2020’s endless barrage of stories about overwhelmed and under-protected healthcare workers, government relief packages, and shortages of critical supplies, was a flurry of effort to address an issue much older and more persistent than the pandemic -- the increasing concentration of the hospital market.
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Sutter has 24 hospitals, 34 surgery centers and 5,000 physicians, and is a dominant player in Northern California. It was accused of violating California’s antitrust laws by leveraging its market power to drive out competition and overcharge patients.
According to reporting from the Sacramento Business Journal, the settlement sent...
