Osf Healthcare
Business: Health Care Services |
Hospitals & Clinics
800 NE Gln Oak Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603
Recent News About Osf Healthcare
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined a federal judge was too hasty in cutting short a class action against Peoria-based OSF Healthcare over the question of whether its retirement plans qualify as a "church plan," exempting it from certain federal rules.
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A Downstate appeals panel has reversed a Peoria judge's dismissal of a malpractice suit against Children's Hospital of Illinois, the suit alleging the facility was at fault for the loss of a baby's vision, saying the hospital could be liable for actions by doctors, even though the doctors were contractors to the hospital, because the hospital presented them as employees.
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Whether a smaller health care provider was prevented by a larger competitor from competing made a difference in a recent federal court decision that could set precedent in exclusive contracts, according to a Washington-based antitrust attorney.
In late September, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in Peoria ruled that OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, the largest hospital in Peoria, did not violate federal antitrust law when it entered into contracts with major commerci
