July 14, 2016
A Colorado federal judge partly dismissed conspiracy allegations lodged against surgical centers by Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, disagreeing Wednesday that the centers committed fraud by waiving patient fees or violated antitrust laws by sending hefty bills to the insurers.
June 17, 2015
A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday balked at dismissing an antitrust suit against units of Aetna Inc., Anthem Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc., finding plausible allegations that the insurers conspired with hospitals to block referrals to four independent surgery centers.
February 13, 2014
A Colorado federal judge on Thursday dismissed four Colorado ambulatory surgical centers' antitrust claims against Aetna Inc. and other insurers, but left in place claims that hospital chain Centura Health Corp. conspired to put the surgical centers out of business to eliminate potential competition.
January 28, 2013
A Colorado federal judge on Friday refused to recuse himself from an antitrust suit accusing Centura Health Corp. and an HCA Inc. unit of trying to put four surgical centers out of business, despite Centura's argument his relationship to an executive at a Centura "sponsor" could open doubts about his impartiality.
November 16, 2012
Four Colorado ambulatory surgical centers launched an antitrust suit against hospital chain HCA Inc., Centura Health Corp. and others in federal court on Thursday, accusing them of conspiring to put the surgical centers out of business, eliminating potential competition.