[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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