This matter involves a class action lawsuit filed against Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation. The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2007, is brought as a class action on behalf of all persons and entities that paid for inpatient and hospital-based outpatient healthcare services from Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation at Highland Park Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital and Evanston Hospital. (Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation changed its name to NorthShore University HealthSystem after the case was filed.) The lawsuit alleges that ENH/NorthShore violated the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act by overcharging purchasers for healthcare services after EHN/NorthShore had acquired a geographic advantage when it acquired Highland Park Hospital on January 1, 2000. On December 10, 2013, the court allowed the
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After vetting these documents to insure that they were not privileged and complied with only what we agreed to provide, we produced the responsive documents to ENH’s counsel.
Although this initial production did not fully comply with the agreed upon scope of the subpoena, we are hopeful that the production will satisfy ENH and that it will release us from the subpoena without expending any additional resources. In this regard, we recently spoke with ENH’s counsel and advised Universal American/APS provided everything that APS has after expending a significant amount of time and manpower identifying and collecting the documents. ENH’s counsel indicated that he would discuss APS’ production with his team, and will advise whether ENH will require any additional documents.
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After vetting these documents to insure that they were not privileged and complied with only what we agreed to provide, we produced the responsive documents to ENH’s counsel.
Although this initial production did not fully comply with the agreed upon scope of the subpoena, we are hopeful that the production will satisfy ENH and that it will release us from the subpoena without expending any additional resources. In this regard, we recently spoke with ENH’s counsel and advised Universal American/APS provided everything that APS has after expending a significant amount of time and manpower identifying and collecting the documents. ENH’s counsel indicated that he would discuss APS’ production with his team, and will advise whether ENH will require any additional documents.
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