“The court filing outlines a 13-year campaign to prevent or suppress competition from St. Luke’s. According to the complaint, ProMedica has also attempted to neutralize competition from the University of Toledo Medical Center by engaging in an affiliation agreement, which has shifted large numbers of the UTMC faculty to ProMedica.
“Our community is fortunate to have access to several high-quality hospitals and many skilled health care providers — allowing patients a choice of where they can receive care,” Maumee Mayor Rich Carr said in a prepared statement. “Restricting that choice will negatively impact thousands of individuals and families — disrupting the trusting relationship they have built with their doctors and undermining competition that drives innovation and quality improvement.”
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