FTC Expert Predicts 20% Price Hike From Pa. Hospitals Merger

By Jeff Montgomery · September 15, 2020, 5:15 PM EDT

A merger of two Philadelphia-area health systems could bump up some acute care hospital costs by 9% and inpatient rehab costs by as much as 20%, a government-commissioned economist testified Tuesday during...

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Case Information

Case Title

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al v. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY et al

Case Number

2:20-cv-01113

Court

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: Anti-Trust

Date Filed

February 27, 2020