Colucci et al v. Health First, Inc.

  1. May 02, 2023

    No Sanctions For Failed Class In Hospital Antitrust Suit

    Two people who filed an antitrust suit against hospital group Health First may not have been qualified to represent the class they were proposing, but that wasn't enough to make a Florida federal judge sanction them for bringing the claims to begin with.

  2. March 28, 2023

    Hospital Chain Seeks Sanctions Over Patients' Antitrust Case

    Hospital group Health First has asked a Florida federal court to force patients who recently dropped their antitrust case against it to pay the group's attorney fees, arguing the plaintiffs never belonged to the class they proposed.

  3. January 25, 2022

    Fla. Hospital Chain Must Face Part Of Antitrust Lawsuit

    A federal judge on Tuesday revived patients' claims that a Florida hospital chain divvied up local markets with another health provider, but nixed a challenge to the chain's agreement to sell stock and transfer board seats to the rival company.

  4. October 12, 2021

    Health First 'Misrepresents' Antitrust Suit, Patients Say

    Patients accusing a Florida hospital chain of using exclusivity deals to monopolize an acute care market are urging a federal judge to keep their suit intact, saying the provider can't get their Sherman and Clayton Act claims tossed as poorly pled.

  5. August 13, 2021

    Health First Antitrust Suit Left Largely Intact

    Patients' antitrust lawsuit alleging that Health First Inc. monopolizes acute care services can largely proceed, a Florida federal judge has ruled, keeping intact their claims that the hospital system cajoles physicians into exclusivity but axing accusations of a deal with another system to split the market.

  6. April 23, 2021

    Health First Escapes Whistleblower, Antitrust Suits

    A Florida federal judge has tossed two cases against Health First Inc., one from a whistleblower accusing it of running a fraudulent kickback scheme and another from patients alleging that the hospital system monopolizes acute care services, though the patients can try again.

  7. April 19, 2021

    Health First Faces New Monopoly Suit After 2016 Settlement

    A putative class action is accusing Florida hospital system Health First Inc. of continuing to monopolize the state's acute care market in violation of state and federal competition laws, almost four years after the hospital group settled a lawsuit with doctors to resolve similar antitrust claims.