[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15302]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3627]


Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation; Prohibited Trade Practices, 
and Affirmatives Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order, among other things, permits a 
Tennessee-based corporation to acquire John Randolph Medical Center in 
Hopewell, VA. and requires the respondent to divest, within 12 months, 
Poplar Springs Hospital, in Petersburg, VA., to a Commission-approved 
entity. In addition, the consent order requires the respondent, for 10 
years, to notify the Commission before combining its psychiatric 
facility with any other psychiatric hospital facility in the Tri-Cities 
area of south central Virginia.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued November 24, 1995.\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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Oscar Voss, FTC/S-3115, Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-2750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, September 12, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 47369, 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)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15302 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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