All of Steward Health Care's Massachusetts hospitals received bids as the for-profit company looks to sell off its facilities during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
Steward is selling the Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Arkansas, to Pafford Health Systems Inc. and Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana, to an affiliate of American Healthcare Systems.
The investigation began earlier this year and is in its early stages, and examines the business models of DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care, which dominate the U.S. dialysis market.
Plaintiffs in three lawsuits allege that Hartford HealthCare has violated federal antitrust laws by engaging in anticompetitive practices in an attempt to garner further profit.
A federal judge has rejected a bid by a group of cancer victims to block Johnson & Johnson from pursuing a bankruptcy settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company's talc products contain cancer-causing asbestos.