ProMedica Wins Appeal Over Injunction Given to Antitrust Rival

ProMedica Health System Inc. can end the “in network” relationship between its insurance arm and an Ohio hospital, St. Luke’s, which was bought by Michigan-based McLaren Health after the collapse of a merger between St. Luke’s and ProMedica, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday revoked a preliminary injunction that had required the insurance subsidiary, Paramount, to keep doing business on in-network terms with McLaren St. Luke’s pending antitrust litigation over ProMedica’s decision to terminate the contracts.

Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, writing for the court, said St. Luke’s ...