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Federal Trade Commission et al v. Advocate Health Care Network et al

  1. June 16, 2016

    FTC, Ill. AG Hope To Stop Hospital Merger At 7th Circ.

    The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Illinois said Wednesday they will try to overturn an Illinois federal judge’s ruling allowing the merger of two Chicago-area hospital systems that the regulators have said would stifle competition in the region’s medical market.

  2. June 14, 2016

    Hospital Merger Losses Could Prod FTC To Rethink Markets

    An Illinois federal judge's Tuesday refusal to block a Chicago health system combination puts the Federal Trade Commission on a rare losing streak in hospital merger cases, and experts are anxious to see if the forthcoming opinion points to a need for the FTC to reconsider its approach to defining health care markets.

  3. June 14, 2016

    FTC Can't Block Chicago Hospital Merger

    An Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission cannot block the merger of two Chicago-area health care systems, saying the government hadn't provided enough evidence that the partnership would harm competition in the region.

  4. May 25, 2016

    Chicago Hospitals Say FTC Delay Will Be Merger Death Blow

    Two Illinois-based health care systems said Wednesday they will be forced to walk away from a proposed merger if the Federal Trade Commission wins a temporary block on the deal, urging an Illinois federal judge to give them a chance to prove the merger would benefit Chicagoans. 

  5. May 24, 2016

    FTC Says Chicago-Area Hospital Merger Would Raise Costs

    The Federal Trade Commission told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that evidence in a hearing over a bid to block a proposed merger of two Chicago-area hospitals shows the combination would hurt competition and raise prices for services.

  6. May 23, 2016

    Hospitals Call FTC's Dire Merger Forecast 'A Work Of Fiction'

    Two Chicago-area hospitals seeking a merger told an Illinois federal court Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission has not shown that the proposed union will hurt competition, calling the government's predictions of harm unrealistic and its analysis "a work of fiction."

  7. April 14, 2016

    Hospital CEO Says Rival Openly Backed FTC In Merger Row

    A health care CEO told an Illinois federal court Thursday that executives for Northwestern Medicine approached him early this year expressing an interest in a merger, saying that the executives were rooting for the Federal Trade Commission to successfully block a proposed union between the CEO's firm and another Chicago-based health care company that rivals Northwestern. 

  8. April 12, 2016

    Blue Cross Exec Says Hospital Merger Bad For Chicago Area

    An executive at a Blue Cross Blue Shield parent company told a court Tuesday that he fears a proposed merger between two Chicago-area health care systems could regionally drive up insurance costs if the Federal Trade Commission is unable to prevent the alliance.

  9. April 11, 2016

    Chicago-Area Hospitals Rip FTC's 'False Market' In Merger Row

    Two Illinois health care systems fighting for the life of their merger challenged the Federal Trade Commission's narrative in federal court Monday, saying the government has created a "false market" to stop a union that would benefit Chicagoans to the tune of up to $500 million per year.

  10. April 04, 2016

    FTC Can Present Exec Testimony At Hospital Tie-Up Hearing

    An Illinois federal court Monday permitted the Federal Trade Commission to present testimony from executives of two Chicago-area health care companies at a court hearing on the agency's challenge to their merger, over objections that the testimony gathered during an FTC investigation was hearsay.

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