As part of a just-announced settlement, Mission Health will donate $1 million to create a new charity fund in resolution of the In re Mission Health Antitrust Litigation. Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent consumer plaintiffs in this litigation against HCA Healthcare/Mission Health that alleged the hospital giant abused its market power to prevent insurers from
On February 21, 2024, plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel completely defeated HCA Healthcare/Mission Health’s multiple attempts to get patient claims thrown out of the proposed class action lawsuit alleging the hospital giants are monopolizing hospital-based care in Asheville, North Carolina through the use of illegal anti-competitive terms in their contracts with insurers.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), on November 8, 2022, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to move forward with an antitrust class action against HCA Healthcare/Mission Health alleging the hospital giant is abusing its market power to prevent insurers from offering patients financial incentives to use lower cost