AHA urges court to reject FTC's challenge of Advocate-NorthShore merger

Modern Healthcare: The American Hospital Association, which is led by Advocate Health Care CEO Jim Skogsbergh, is slamming the Federal Trade Commission's market definition to challenge the proposed merger of Advocate and NorthShore University HealthSystem.

The AHA argued in an amicus brief filed Monday that the Federal Trade Commission's geographic market definitions of Advocate and NorthShore, both based in the Chicago region, “sharply limit" other factors that should be taken into account when defining competition and "make no sense" because they ignore how healthcare markets work.

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