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Company: Sutter Health
Current Parent Company: Sutter Health
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Penalty: $575,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: December 20, 2019
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Sutter Health agreed to pay $575 million to resolve allegations by the Attorney General, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Employers Benefit Trust, and class action plaintiffs, that Sutter's anticompetitive practices led to higher healthcare costs for patients in Northern California compared to other places in the state.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospitals
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