Healthcare Finance News March 17, 2025
The FTC has again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny the merger of Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny the application for Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Indiana to merge.
This is the second attempt by Union Health, which includes Union Hospital, to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital. HCA Healthcare owns Terre Haute Regional.
The second attempt under a proposed certificate of public advantage (COPA), presents the same anticompetitive harms as their original application, the FTC said.
“Competition consistently results in better outcomes for patients and workers than consolidation subject to COPAs,” said Clarke Edwards, acting director of...
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