Particle Health isn't giving up on its antitrust case against Epic Systems.
On Thursday, Particle filed a response to Epic's request in December to get the antitrust case dismissed. The case, brought by Particle Health in September in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges Epic has used its market power to prevent products that would compete with the EHR company's payer platform.
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In its filing on Thursday, Particle alleges Epic has attempted to undermine the startup’s business by shutting off access to Particle’s customers. Particle, which helps helps payers, providers and health technology companies aggregate and share data, also alleges the EHR company has made multiple false statements about the startup with regards to patient privacy.
The two companies have been feuding since March when Epic filed a dispute with the national interoperability nonprofit, Carequality, over Particle’s alleged misuse of protected health information. Particle disputed the Verona, Wisconsin-based company’s claims. The two sides agreed to a dispute resolution in October put forward by Carequality. The resolution in that dispute is separate from the legal battle.
In its dismissal request, Epic alleged the suit was “nothing more than a baseless retributive attack” from Particle. In the response filed Thursday, Particle alleges Epic is doubling or tripling down on "knowingly false statements."
Epic has until January 24 to file a formal response.
A spokesperson for the EHR company said Particle's claims are "inconsistent with reality."
