- Docket No.
- 4:23-cv-04398
- District Court
- Texas Southern
Goal
- Award damages to plaintiffs
- Certify class
- Declaration that conduct violates antitrust law
- Disgorment and restitution for anticompetitive behavior
- Enjoin alleged anticompetitive practices
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters
Plaintiffs, employee benefit plans, filed a class action complaint alleging that a provider of anesthesia services and a private equity firm violated federal antitrust law by engaging in various practices to consolidate and monopolize the anesthesiology market in Texas. The monopolization of specialty health care services enables providers to maintain greater leverage within the commercial market and further drive up health care costs.
Potential Impact
The increasing consolidation of certain health care services by private equity-backed groups and the resulting impact on competition within health care markets could lead to higher costs and lower-quality care for patients.
19 Major Filings
- ORDER (Sep 27, 2024)
- MINUTE ENTRY (Sep 5, 2024)
- LETTER (Aug 27, 2024)
- PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jul 19, 2024)
- STATUS REPORT (Jul 16, 2024)
- RESPONSE LETTER FROM PLAINTIFFS (May 15, 2024)
- LETTER FROM WELSH CARSON DEFENDANTS (May 14, 2024)
- SCHEDULING NOTICE (Apr 7, 2024)
- MINUTE ENTRY (Apr 5, 2024)
- REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT U.S. ANESTHESIA PARTNERS, INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT (Mar 26, 2024)
- REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THE WELSH CARSON ENTITIES' MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT (Mar 26, 2024)
- Plaintiffs' Notice of Supplemental Authority (Mar 25, 2024)
- PLAINTIFFS’ Opposition to MOTIONS TO DISMISS (Mar 12, 2024)
- MOTION TO DISMISS (USAP) (Feb 20, 2024)
- MOTION TO DISMISS (Welsh Carson) (Feb 20, 2024)
- NOTICE of Reassignment (Feb 12, 2024)
- RECUSAL ORDER (Feb 12, 2024)
- COMPLAINT (Nov 20, 2023)
- NOTICE OF RELATED CASE (Nov 20, 2023)