February 24, 2017
A South Carolina federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust claims alleging Palmetto Health carried out a scheme to dominate the health care market in the Richland County area, saying a smaller hospital system that brought the $50 million suit did not suffer an antitrust injury or have antitrust standing.
October 21, 2016
Palmetto Health urged a South Carolina federal court Friday to toss a $50 million suit alleging the health care giant maintains an unfair monopoly on inpatient hospital services covered by commercial health plans, saying doctors who quit other providers en masse to join Palmetto were simply dissatisfied.
August 19, 2016
Two South Carolina medical services filed a $50 million lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against health care giant Palmetto Health for allegedly maintaining an unfair monopoly in the geographic market for impatient hospital services covered by commercial health plans.