Cassidy Law
MONTH-IN-BRIEF (Jul 2026)
Antitrust Law
DOJ Settles Challenge to OhioHealth Care System’s Insurance Contracting Practices
By Barbara Sicalides, Daniel Anziska, Erin Whaley, and Samantha Weber, Troutman Pepper Locke
The Department of Justice and Ohio’s attorney general settled an antitrust lawsuit against OhioHealth Corp., alleging the system’s anti-steering and gag-rule contract provisions violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Ohio’s Valentine Act.
The complaint alleged that OhioHealth, in combination with at least two other competing health care systems, accounts for at least 85 percent of the commercial health insurance business in the Columbus area despite a pleaded market share for OhioHealth of only approximately 35 percent.