FTC opposes Indiana’s first hospital merger under controversial COPA law

Healthcare DIVE September 6, 2024
Rebecca Pifer

Antitrust regulators are asking Indiana to block Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital’s request for a certificate that allows states to greenlight potentially problematic mergers.

Dive Brief:

• The Federal Trade Commission is urging Indiana to block a hospital merger that antitrust regulators say will raise costs and lead to worse outcomes for patients.
• On Thursday, the FTC submitted a comment with the Indiana Department of Health asking it to oppose the combination of Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital on the state’s western border — two hospitals that proposed their merger under a controversial certificate that opponents say allows problematic mergers to pass regulatory review.
• Union’s proposed acquisition of Terre Haute Regional — a facility owned by...

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