It’s a lawsuit that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated can’t seem to make go away. Last week in California, a federal judge ruled Hunter Laboratories and Surgical Pathology Associates (SPA) can continue to pursue their antitrust lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics. Plaintiffs allege that Quest conspired to monopolize lab testing in California. Hunter Laboratories claimed it was harmed because Quest Diagnostics sold lab tests below cost. SPA claimed it was harmed because Quest had below-cost capitated con- tracts with certain payers.
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