FTC, et al v. Penn State Hershey Medical Cen, et al
Case Number:
16-2365
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Nature of Suit:
Government Agencies
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November 01, 2016
FTC's Pursuit Of Hospital Mergers Gets Key Validation
After the Federal Trade Commission's approach to hospital mergers was called into question by a series of stinging defeats, two circuit courts have now given ringing endorsements of the agency's enforcement methodology, fortifying the FTC in its efforts to take on the increasingly consolidated industry.
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October 14, 2016
Pa. Hospital Systems End Merger Plan After 3rd Circ. Defeat
PinnacleHealth System and Penn State Hershey Medical Center, grappling with a recent Third Circuit ruling that held up their proposed merger, announced Friday that they have decided to end their integration efforts, citing "the time and cost associated with continuing litigation."
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September 28, 2016
FTC's Ill. Hospital Merger Suit Gets 3rd Circ. Boost
The Third Circuit on Tuesday endorsed the government's analysis of geographic markets in hospital mergers in siding with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a challenge to the combination of two Pennsylvania hospital systems, a decision that could aid the agency's appeal of an Illinois hospital merger case.
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September 27, 2016
FTC Loss On Pa. Hospital Merger Reversed By 3rd Circ.
The Third Circuit on Tuesday sided with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the state of Pennsylvania in a dispute over the merger of two state hospital systems, finding the government demonstrated the combination would likely be anti-competitive and reversing a lower court ruling that blocked the agencies from pausing the merger.
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July 26, 2016
3rd Circ. Grills FTC Over Yardstick For Pa. Hospital Merger
The Third Circuit pressed the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to show why a proposed hospital merger's fiscal impact on insurers is a more pertinent factor than its effect on patients to determine whether the tie-up would be anticompetitive, suggesting that the patient data was also relevant.
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June 27, 2016
FTC Says Ill. Merger Case Shouldn't Sway 3rd Circ. Appeal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission told the Third Circuit Monday that an Illinois federal judge's ruling against it in its fight to prevent the merger of two Chicago-area hospitals should not impact the appellate court's review of a similar merger in Pennsylvania because the cases are fundamentally different.
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June 20, 2016
Hospital Merger Ruling Missed The Boat, FTC Tells 3rd Circ.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the state of Pennsylvania on Friday asked the Third Circuit to overturn a district court decision that they could not put the merger of two state hospital systems on hold for an administrative challenge, saying the decision was an error of law.
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June 14, 2016
Pa. Hospitals Urge 3rd Circ. Not To Freeze Their Merger
Two hospital systems seeking to merge urged the Third Circuit on Monday to rule that a Pennsylvania federal court was correct to deny a preliminary hold for the proposed tie-up, as the Federal Trade Commission likely would fail to demonstrate that the deal would violate federal competition rules.
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June 09, 2016
Judge Missed Pa. Hospital Merger Downsides, 3rd Circ. Told
Doctors, economists and several states urged the Third Circuit to overturn a decision that a Pennsylvania hospital merger posed no competitive harms, arguing Wednesday that the lower court wrongly defined the market in question and that the tie-up would drive up patients' costs.
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June 02, 2016
FTC, Pa. Tell 3rd Circ. Burden Met To Block Hospital Merger
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the state of Pennsylvania told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that the proposed merger of two Harrisburg-area hospitals should be put on hold, saying the government met its burden to show the proposal would likely curtail competition.