Particle Health, a startup that helps providers and health technology companies aggregate and share data, filed a suit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging Epic is using its market power to prevent products that would compete with the EHR company's payer platform .

A health data company has sued Epic Systems, alleging that the EHR software vendor has used its market dominance to thwart competition.

Healthcare software giant Epic Systems was hit with a lawsuit on Monday by a startup accusing it of unlawfully controlling the market for U.S. medical records, harming patient care and causing health plans to pay higher costs.