Academy of Medicine v. Aetna Health, Inc.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellees, medical doctors practicing in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area and two nonprofit medical societies representing the doctors, sued defendants-appellants 1 Aetna Health, Inc. (“Aetna”), Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield (“Anthem”), and United Healthcare of Ohio, Inc. (“United”), three managed health-care organizations (“the HMOs”), for violations of the antitrust provisions in Ohio’s Valentine Act, R.C. Chapter 1331. The doctors alleged that the HMOs had conspired to fix and lower the insurance reimbursement rates paid to hospitals and medical practitioners in the…