Physician-owned U.S. Anesthesia Partners has been unsuccessful in its attempt to have a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit dismissed. The company had appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the lawsuit, which accuses it of causing patients to overpay for care through serial acquisitions of health practices across Texas, was misguided and amounted to government overreach. However, the appeals court decided not to block the FTC's case, allowing the lawsuit to proceed.
🚨U.S. ANESTHESIA PARTNERS LOSES APPEAL TO HALT FTC ANTITRUST LAWSUIT Physician-owned U.S. Anesthesia Partners failed to persuade the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit. The FTC accuses the company of driving up… https://t.co/RBtYK6ApSt
US appeals court won’t block FTC's case against Texas anesthesia company https://t.co/0zP6CSh2So https://t.co/T4n3kxxNaW
Physician-owned U.S. Anesthesia Partners failed to persuade a US appeals court to intervene in an FTC antitrust lawsuit that accused it of causing patients to overpay for care through serial acquisition of health practices across Texas https://t.co/CGyKC9ZLTP @MikeScarcella https://t.co/Y7lWtBCDI0