By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn (September 9, 2022, 8:05 PM EDT) — A New Jersey health system has been hit with an antitrust challenge that alleges a multipronged conspiracy to monopolize medical care in the area and push its rival out of business, particularly in Hudson County.
The 69-page complaint, filed Tuesday by CarePoint Health, accuses RWJBarnabas Health Inc. of violating federal and state antitrust laws through a years-long effort “in conspiracy with others, to destroy competition and to monopolize the provision of general acute care hospital services and related health care services in northern New Jersey.”
In particular, the alleged “intertwined web of schemes” aimed “to destroy the three hospitals operated by…
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