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Highmark pushes to keep UPMC deal confidential

Highmark has asked a federal judge to allow it to re-enter an antitrust case so it can ensure its recent deal with the UPMC hospital system remains sealed and confidential.

Court: Most-favored nation contracts don't harm competition

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has dodged a civil lawsuit after a federal judge dismissed the city of Pontiac's claim that the insurer offers special, discounted contract prices to certain

DOJ: Humana must divest assets to buy Arcadian

Humana can move forward with its plans to buy Arcadian Management Services if it divests certain part of Arcadian's Medicare Advantage business in five states, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said

Michigan Blues wants aetna antitrust lawsuit dismissed

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss aetna's lawsuit that claims its hospital contracts are anti-competitive and therefore cause aetna members' healthcare

Blue Cross anti-trust probe expands: Do some hospitals get sweetheart deals?

The U.S. Justice Department is widening an investigation into alleged collusion and price-fixing between Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans and hospitals in several states, the Wall Street Journal

BCBS of Michigan wants anti-trust lawsuit dismissed

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan wants a federal court to dismiss an anti-trust lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice and the Michigan Attorney General's office because it fails to

Highmark used anti-competitive actions in 'precedential' case

Highmark illegally conspired to reduce competition, raise prices and gain a monopoly on the Pittsburgh region's healthcare industry, according to a newly reinstated antitrust lawsuit against the

Doctor ownership of hospitals faces legal setback

Put simply, physician-owned hospitals make other hospitals livid, as they often scoop up profitable business and (to hear the non-physician-owned hospitals tell it) suck the lifeblood out of