A Stunning Blow To Albany Hospital Merger by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News. February 19, 2013.
Supreme Court Gives F.T.C. Win On Hospital Mergers by Andrew Pollack. The New York Times. February 19, 2013
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court accepted the concession of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the merger of Phoebe Putney and Pamyra Hospitals in Albany, GA would lessen competition. The high court viewed this concession as determinative in light of what the Court felt was
a Georgia's lack of a "clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed" policy to hospital acquisitions that substantially lessen competition.
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