{"id":2499,"date":"2016-04-07T11:18:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:18:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:18:47","slug":"major-employers-decry-sutter-healths-tactics-in-dispute-over-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2499","title":{"rendered":"Major Employers Decry Sutter Health\u2019s Tactics In Dispute Over Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By – Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Sutter Health, long accused of abusing its market power in California, is squaring off against major U.S. employers in a closely watched legal fight over health care competition and high prices.<\/p>\n

The latest fight has erupted over Sutter\u2019s demand that employers sign an arbitration agreement to resolve disputes. Without it, Sutter says employers must pay\u00a0<\/strong>sharply higher rates \u2014\u00a095 percent of its full charges \u2014\u00a0for out-of-network care at its hospitals, surgery centers and clinics.<\/p>\n

Some companies and labor unions say Sutter\u2019s ultimatum is aimed at preventing them from joining an ongoing class-action lawsuit that accuses the giant health system of imposing anticompetitive terms and \u201cillegally inflated prices.\u201d Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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