Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and its local affiliate Mission Health filed a motion to dismiss a class-action antitrust lawsuit that alleges HCA Healthcare holds unlawful monopoly power in Western North Carolina, Becker’s reports.
The first lawsuit was initially filed June 3 by the City of Brevard, N.C., and HCA Healthcare was hit with a second lawsuit from the city of Asheville, Buncombe County, and Madison County, which filed companion cases on July 27. Attorneys for HCA and Mission filed a motion to combine both lawsuits on Aug. 5. The new motion to dismiss was filed Sept. 9.
Each government agency is suing on behalf of its employees who use Mission for necessary medical care. The lawsuits stem from allegations the companies have proliferated anti-competitive, monopolistic practices. Read more.
