The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday, alleging the health system used insurer contract terms to block lower-cost health plan designs that could steer patients to competing providers, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The civil antitrust complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that NewYork-Presbyterian violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act by restricting insurers from offering what the … [Read more...]