UnitedHealth’s Surgical Care Affiliates faces antitrust charges from the Justice Department for allegedly colluding with rival firms to not recruit senior-level employees.
- The two-count indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, DOJ says in a statement
- Suppressing competition between competitors violates the Sherman Act, which carries a maximum penalty of a $100 million fine for corporations: DOJ
- The company says it “will vigorously defend itself against these unjustified allegations”
- “This matter involves alleged conduct seven years before UnitedHealth Group acquired SCA and does not involve any SCA ambulatory surgery centers, their joint owners, ...
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