Sutter’s Request to Delay Antitrust Settlement Hearing Denied

PBGH CEO, Elizabeth Mitchell said Sutter did not produce evidence that COVID-19 limits its ability to meet the requirements under the settlement the health system agreed to.

“They want to preserve the ability to increase charges while those who will be asked to pay those charges, it’s even harder for them to do that,” she said. “We cannot forget that it’s not just hospitals affected by this pandemic. Businesses and families are also affected.”

Read the Modern Healthcare article here.