The Justice Department and Michigan Attorney General’s Office on Thursday sued four hospital systems in south central Michigan, alleging they orchestrated agreements not to market or advertise themselves in one another’s territories in violation of antitrust laws.
The civil lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan says the agreements constitute “unreasonable restraints of trade that are per se illegal” under the Sherman Act and under the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act.
Government attorneys have settled with three of the defendants, Hillsdale Community Health Center in Jackson County, the Community Health Center of Branch County and the Toledo-based ProMedica Health System, whose facilities include Bixby and Herrick hospitals in Lenawee County.
The fourth and largest hospital system, Allegiance Health in Jackson County, plans to contest the charges in court.
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