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FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Chicago-area Hospital Systems
The Federal Trade Commission has authorized action to block the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem, two leading providers of general acute care inpatient hospital services in the North Shore area of Chicago. The FTC issued an administrative complaint alleging that the proposed merger will create the largest hospital system […]
Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, and HCA Inc. Settle FTC Charges that Acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital Violated U.S. Antitrust Laws
The Federal Trade Commission has entered into a settlement with Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, and HCA Inc. resolving the Commission’s charge that the Hospital Authority’s acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc. from HCA Inc. – which created an effective hospital monopoly in the Albany, Georgia area – was […]
FTC Requests Public Comments on Application from Owners of Surgery Center Holdings, Inc. for Approval to Divest Assets in Central Florida
The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by the owners of Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., known as Surgery Partners, to divest an ambulatory surgery center in Florida, as required by the FTC’s proposed order settling charges that Surgery Partners’ acquisition of Symbion Holdings Corporation would likely be anticompetitive. According to […]
FTC Requires Divestiture as a Condition of Surgery Center Holdings’ Acquisition of Competitor Symbion
The Federal Trade Commission will require Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., known as Surgery Partners, and Symbion Holdings Corporation to divest Symbion’s ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center in Orange City, Florida, as part of a settlement resolving charges that Surgery Partners’ $792 million purchase of Symbion would be anticompetitive. The action is part of […]
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges That Community Health Systems, Inc.’s Acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc. was Anticompetitive in Two Local Markets
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that Community Health Systems, Inc.’s (CHS) $7.6 billion acquisition of rival health care system Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) was likely to lessen competition for general acute care inpatient services sold to commercial health plans and provided to […]
FTC Requires Community Health Systems, Inc. to Divest Two Hospitals as a Condition of Acquiring Rival Hospital Operator
The Federal Trade Commission will require one of the nation’s largest hospital operators, Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) to divest hospitals and related assets, including outpatient facilities, in Alabama and South Carolina as a condition of its proposed $7.6 billion acquisition of rival health system Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA). Under a proposed settlement with […]
Hospital Authority and Phoebe Putney Health System Settle FTC Charges That Acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital Violated U.S. Antitrust Laws
The Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County andPhoebe Putney Health System, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the acquisition ofPalmyra Park Hospital harmed hospital competition in six Georgia counties. The proposed consent includes provisions to aid competition in these local health care markets, but due to the unique circumstances of the Certificate […]
Hospital Authority and Phoebe Putney Defendants Agree to Court Order Barring Them from Further Integration of Hospitals Pending Administrative Trial
The Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, Georgia, and Phoebe Putney defendants have agreed to halt the integration of the former Palmyra Park Hospital — now known as Phoebe North — with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, while an administrative law judge considers a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the merger as anticompetitive. In a federal court […]
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Universal Health Services, Inc.’s Application to Divest the Peak Behavioral Health Assets to Strategic Behavioral Health, LLC
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Alan B. Miller and the hospital management company Universal Health Services, Inc. to sell an acute inpatient psychiatric facility in the El Paso, Texas/Santa Teresa, New Mexico area to Strategic Behavioral Health, LLC (SBH). The divestiture of the facility, called Peak Behavioral Health […]