Denver Post: Colorado AG breaks up anesthesiology monopoly that dominated Denver and Durango health care markets

Denver Post: Colorado AG breaks up anesthesiology monopoly that dominated Denver and Durango health care markets

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The Denver Post covers the settlement by the Colorado Attorney General with private equity-owned U.S. Anesthesiology Partners that will sever its exclusive contracts with 5 hospitals and end non-compete agreements because it created a monopoly in the Denver and Durango markets, forcing patients and their insurance companies to pay higher prices to be sedated during surgeries.

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