The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block the proposed merger of Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, two leading providers of inpatient general acute care hospital services and inpatient acute rehabilitation services in both Philadelphia County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The FTC issued an administrative complaint alleging that the proposed merger […]
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Statement of the FTC Chairman Regarding Announcement that Aveanna Healthcare and Maxim Healthcare Services have Terminated Their Acquisition Agreement
The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation into the proposed merger of Aveanna Healthcare and Maxim Healthcare. “Staff of the Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Economics have investigated the proposed transaction for several months, including its potential effects in multiple localities across the country on markets both for nursing services and for private […]
FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on UnitedHealth Group’s Proposed Acquisition of DaVita Medical Group
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that UnitedHealth Group’s proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of DaVita Medical Group from DaVita, Inc. will likely harm competition in healthcare markets in Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada. The order requires United, no later than 40 days after the acquisition […]
FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on Merger of Fresenius Medical Care AG & KGaA and NxStage Medical, Inc.
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Fresenius Medical Care AG’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of NxStage Medical, Inc. likely would be anticompetitive. The order requires Fresenius and NxStage to divest to B. Braun all assets and rights to research, develop, manufacture, market, and sell […]
FTC Requires Fresenius Medical Care AG & KGaA and NxStage Medical, Inc. to Divest Bloodline Tubing Assets to B. Braun Medical, Inc. as a Condition of Merger
The Federal Trade Commission will require healthcare companies Fresenius Medical Care AG & KGaA (Fresenius) and NxStage Medical, Inc. (NxStage) to divest all rights and assets related to NxStage’s bloodline tubing set business to B. Braun Medical, Inc. (B. Braun) as part of a settlement resolving charges that Fresenius’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of NxStage […]
Statement by Federal Trade Commission Acting Bureau of Competition Director Bruce Hoffman on the Court Ruling Granting a Preliminary Injunction in the Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Clinic Matter
Federal Trade Commission Acting Bureau of Competition Director Bruce Hoffman issued the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court ruling yesterday that granted the request of the FTC and the Attorney General’s Office of North Dakota for a preliminary injunction in the proposed merger of Sanford Health and Mid Dakota Clinic in the Bismarck-Mandan region […]
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Fresenius Medical Care AG’s Application for Approval of Proposed Plan to Establish New Outpatient Hemodialysis Clinic
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA to establish a new outpatient hemodialysis clinic. The application is related to the FTC’s complaint and proposed order, announced on February 28, 2012, allowing Fresenius’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc. Under the proposed order, […]
FTC and State Attorney General Challenge Physician Group Acquisition in North Dakota
The Federal Trade Commission has authorized a federal court action to block Sanford Health’s proposed acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic, alleging that the deal would violate antitrust law by significantly reducing competition for adult primary care physician services, pediatric services, obstetrics and gynecology services, and general surgery physician services in the greater Bismarck and Mandan […]
After Two Chicago-area Hospital Systems Abandon Proposed Merger, FTC Dismisses Case from Administrative Trial Process
Following the decision earlier this month by Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem to abandon their proposed merger, the Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its case challenging the transaction before the Commission’s administrative trial process. FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen issued the following statement: “Historically, the Advocate and NorthShore hospital systems competed […]
Statement from Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition Acting Director on District Court Ruling to Enjoin Advocate/NorthShore Hospital Merger
“The FTC is delighted with today’s district court ruling, which enjoined this merger, and the parties’ subsequent decision to abandon the transaction,” said Tad Lipsky, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. “Advocate and NorthShore’s merger would likely have reduced the quality, and increased the cost, of health care for residents of […]