Doctors’ Antitrust Suit Against Ohio Health System Is Tossed (1)

A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit brought by Ohio doctors who accused a health-care provider of monopolizing the market for orthopedic services.

The suit, filed last year in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, accused Adena Health System of engaging in anticompetitive conduct—including imposing noncompete clauses on physicians and blocking competitors’ access to real estate—in order to maintain a monopoly on orthopedic care in southern Ohio. The suit comes as the US Federal Trade Commission voted this week to ban nearly all noncompetes in the US, citing their negative impacts on workers and the broader ...