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Health-Care Price-Fix Suits Against MultiPlan Move to Illinois
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Health-Care Price-Fix Suits Against MultiPlan Move to Illinois
Health-Care Price-Fix Suits Against MultiPlan Move to Illinois
o MultiPlan accused of reducing health provider reimbursements
o Panel says Illinois is convenient for pretrial proceedings
By Katie Arcieri / August 1, 2024 03:03PM ET / Bloomberg Law
A group of cases accusing MultiPlan Inc. of colluding with other health insurance companies to suppress out-of-network reimbursements to health-care providers will be moved to Illinois, a judicial panel ruled.
The suits, pending in federal courts including New York, Illinois, and California, will be transferred to the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for pretrial proceedings, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said. They are being consolidated as federal enforcers increase efforts to detect collusion in the health-care industry.
The suits, brought by health systems and providers, share factual questions arising from an alleged conspiracy by MultiPlan to fix, suppress, and stabilize reimbursement rates paid to health-care providers for out-of-network healthcare services in the US in violation of the Sherman Act.
The panel said Illinois was the appropriate forum, given that six actions were already pending in that district and that Judge Matthew F. Kennelly is well-versed in the nuances of complex and multidistrict litigation, the panel said.
“Centralization in the Northern District of Illinois will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of this litigation,” the panel said.
MultiPlan is represented by Latham & Watkins LLP.
The case is In re MultiPlan Health Ins. Provider Litig., N.D. Ill., No. 3121, 8/1/24.
To contact the reporter on this story: Katie Arcieri in Washington at karcieri@bloombergindustry.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Rob Tricchinelli at rtricchinelli@bloombergindustry.com
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