Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa et al v St Luke's Health System Ltd

  1. June 09, 2014

    St. Luke's Says Rival's Stay Worries 'Grossly Misleading'

    St. Luke's Health System Ltd. on Friday called claims that its acquisition of a major physician practice group had thwarted referrals from those doctors to other hospitals "grossly misleading," in defense of its bid to stay the sale of the group amid an antitrust appeal.

  2. June 02, 2014

    St. Luke's Rival Opposes Bid To Stay Sale In Antitrust Case

    One of the rival hospitals that won the antitrust case challenging St. Luke's Health System Ltd. acquisition of a physician practice group told an Idaho federal court Friday that referrals from the group's doctors to the rival hospital dropped precipitously after the sale.

  3. May 01, 2014

    Rival Says St. Luke's $8M Fee Objections Baseless

    Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa Inc. on Wednesday defended its bid for $8.2 million in attorneys' fees after winning its case to block St. Luke's from acquiring a major physician practice group, saying St. Luke's opposition was baseless.

  4. April 01, 2014

    FTC Rips St. Luke's Bid To Hang On To Physician Group

    The Federal Trade Commission urged an Idaho federal court Monday to reject St. Luke's Health System Ltd.'s request to halt the divestiture of a physician practice group while the hospital appeals the court's conclusion that the acquisition was anti-competitive.

  5. March 19, 2014

    St. Luke's Calls $8M Atty Fees Bid In Antitrust Case 'Shocking'

    St. Luke's Health System Ltd. on Wednesday labelled "shocking" a request by rival Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa Inc. for nearly $8.2 million in attorney fees after its successful efforts to block St. Luke's from acquiring a major physician practice group.

  6. March 05, 2014

    St. Luke's Tries To Halt Saltzer Divestiture Amid Appeal

    St. Luke's Health System Ltd. on Tuesday moved to stay an order requiring the Idaho hospital to divest a recently acquired physician group while it appeals the Federal Trade Commission's victory to the Ninth Circuit.

  7. January 29, 2014

    Integrated Health Defense Can't Save St. Luke's Deal

    The district judge who had sided with the Federal Trade Commission and ordered St. Luke's Health System Ltd. to divest a recently acquired physician group unsealed on Wednesday his reasoning for why St. Luke's integrated health-care efficiency defenses — often cited in support of such tie-ups — didn't fly.

  8. January 24, 2014

    FTC Wins Antitrust Challenge To St. Luke's Buyout

    An Idaho federal judge on Friday found that St. Luke's Health System Ltd.'s acquisition of a nearby independent physician practice violates the Clayton Act and the Idaho Competition Act, permanently enjoining the buy and ordering St. Luke's to fully divest itself of Saltzer Medical Group PA's assets.

  9. October 16, 2013

    FTC Loses Bid To Block St. Luke's Expert In Merger Trial

    An Idaho federal judge on Tuesday refused to block an economist hired by St. Luke's Health System Ltd. from testifying about the benefits of the hospital's acquisition of the region's largest independent physician practice, despite the Federal Trade Commission's claims that the expert was unqualified.

  10. October 03, 2013

    News Outlets Push For Access To FTC Hospital Merger Trial

    The Associated Press and several Idaho news outlets pushed a federal judge Wednesday to make the ongoing trial over St. Luke's Health System Ltd.'s acquisition of the Idaho region's largest independent physician practice more open to the public.