FTC:WATCH SPECIAL REPORT: Idaho hospital dispute

(February 17, 2014) -- Editor’s note: In late January, Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered St. Luke’s Health System, based in Boise, Idaho, to divest its ownership of a private physician practice, Saltzer Medical Group, located in the nearby city of Nampa. This ruling came as a result of a lawsuit brought by rival hospitals, Saint Alphonsus and Treasure Valley, who were joined by the FTC and Idaho Attorney General. St. Luke’s and Saltzer have indicated they intend to appeal the ruling....

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