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Dialysis provider DaVita and its former CEO Kent Thiry are part of a federal indictment that accuses the Denver-based company of conspiring with competitors not to solicit each other s top employees.
The two-count indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Denver, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
“These charges show a disturbing pattern of behavior among health care company executives to conspire to limit the opportunities of workers,” Steven M. D’Antuono, the FBI s assistant director in charge, said in a statement. “The FBI is dedicated to working with our partners to hold those accountable who would engage in labor market collusion to the detriment of their employees.”
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In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, Adrian Perez undergoes dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif.
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A massive Denver-based dialysis provider and its former CEO were indicted Thursday on charges that they colluded with a competitor and agreed not to recruit each other’s top executives.
The indictment names both Davita Inc. and former CEO Kent Thiry, along with competitor Surgical Care Affiliates and a related entity. Davita and Thiry are charged with “participation in two separate conspiracies to suppress competition for the services of certain employees,” according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
DaVita, former CEO Kent Thiry indicted in alleged non-compete scheme
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A federal grand jury has indicted dialysis provider DaVita and its former CEO on two counts of conspiring with competing employers not to solicit certain employees.
The indictment alleges that DaVita and former CEO Kent Thiry participated in two separate conspiracies to suppress competition for certain executives. The charges are the result of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Justice Department s antitrust division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into employee allocation agreements in the healthcare industry.
The first count holds that DaVita and Thiry conspired with Surgical Care Affiliates to not solicit one another s senior-level employees from as early as February 2012 until as late as July 2017. Count two alleges DaVita and Thiry conspired with another healthcare company from as early as April 2017 until as late as June 2019 to allocate employees b
DENVER (AP) â A federal grand jury has indicted Denver-based dialysis firm DaVita Inc. and former chairman and CEO Kent Thiry on charges they conspired with competitors not to hire certain employees, in violation of labor law.
The indictment alleges that both conspired with Illinois-based Surgical Care Affiliates LLC not to hire each other s senior-level executives between 2012 and 2017, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. A second count alleges they conspired with another health care company, which the department didn t identify, to not hire DaVita employees from 2017 to 2019.
The alleged actions deprived workers of free-market opportunities and mobility, Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the departmentâs Antitrust Division said in a statement.