Oops. FTC reconsiders and takes Phoebe Putney back to court

(September 16, 2014) -- For awhile there, it looked like the protracted litigation involving the FTC’s challenge to Phoebe Putney Health System Inc.’s acquisition of rival Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc. in Albany, Ga., might end in a weak settlement that Commission officials felt was the best they could do in light of Georgia legal requirements. Then everything changed and the case is now headed back to the courtroom....

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