Lee Health Systems, Inc., d/b/a Lee Health v. MultiPlan Inc et al

What the complaint alleges

Lee Health System, Inc. sued MultiPlan, Inc., MultiPlan Corp., and Viant, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that the defendants engaged in anticompetitive conduct to systematically reduce reimbursements for out-of-network healthcare claims. The complaint claims that MultiPlan’s pricing algorithms and information exchanges with health insurers led to Lee Health receiving substantially lower payments than the reasonable value of its medical services.

Claims asserted

• Horizontal Agreements in Restraint of Trade (Sherman Act § 1)
• Hub-And-Spoke Agreement in Restraint of Trade (Sherman Act § 1)
• Principal-Agent Combinations in Restraint of Trade (Sherman Act § 1)
• Agreements to Unreasonably Restrain Trade (Sherman Act § 1)
• Anticompetitive Information Exchange (Sherman Act § 1)
• Violation of Florida Antitrust Statutes
• Violation of Florida Consumer Protection Laws
• Unjust Enrichment (Florida law)
• Monopolization (Sherman Act § 2)
• Conspiracy to Monopolize (Sherman Act § 2)