[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-92]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt C-3544]
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation; Prohibited Trade Practices,
and Affirmative Corrective Actions
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consent order.
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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this
consent order permits, among other things, the hospital company to
complete its acquisition of Medical Care America, but requires it to
divest the Alaska Surgery Center within twelve months to a Commission-
approved entity. If the transaction is not completed in the designated
time frame, the respondents are required to permit the Commission to
appoint a trustee. In addition, the consent order requires the
respondent, for ten years, to obtain Commission approval before
acquiring an interest worth more than $1 million in any outpatient
surgical services facility in Anchorage, Alaska, and before selling
such an interest to any entity that operates an outpatient surgical
services facility in Anchorage, Alaska.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued December 6, 1994.1
\1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Horoschak, FTC/S-3115, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, September 23, 1994, there was
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 48883, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Columbia/HCA Healthcare
Corporation, for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments,
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement,
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to divest, as set
forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this
proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C.
45, 18)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-92 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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