Case Study
Omnicare v. UnitedHealth
BATESWHITE.COM Omnicare v. UnitedHealth CASE STUDY Client UNITEDHEALTH Industry HEALTHCARE Omnicare, a supplier of institutional pharmacy services, filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth and PacifiCare Health Systems, two health insurance companies that merged in 2005. Omnicare claimed that any pre-merger coordination between UnitedHealth and PacifiCare led to the joint exercise of monopsony power—the ability of a buyer to depress the price pai