Sutter Health has agreed to pay around $ 230 million to settle federal reaction prosecution accusing the northern California health system of anti -competitive behavior which increased the costs of millions of Californians.
The two parties agreed to settle the case, initially deposited in 2012, on the Highlight last month. At the time, the monetary amount had not been finalized. The $ 228.5 million will be divided on more than 3 million people and businesses who have accused the non-profit health care giant of raising the amount they have paid in bonuses for themselves or their employees. The applicant’s price includes everyone from individuals and small businesses such as a swimming pool company, to huge employers such as the University of California and the City and the County of San Francisco.
It is a smaller amount than the $ 575 million that Sutter, based in Sacramento, California, agreed to pay To settle the almost identical allegations in one case, the California Attorney General brought to the finish line in 2019. But the new regulation is slightly larger when it was seen with regard to the amount that the complainants were too paid due to the Sutter driving. In the Californian case, the complainants demanded from around $ 1.2 billion, the regulation representing 48% of this total. In the federal case, the regulations represent 53% of the $ 411 million that the complainants would have paid too much.
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