Phoebe Putney Health System news and information

The Federal Trade Commission may have won a battle, but it lost the war over Phoebe Putney Health System's expansion in southwestern Georgia.
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The Federal Trade Commission will allow Phoebe Putney Health System in Georgia to keep the hospital it acquired in 2011 in a deal the government fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
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The Federal Trade Commission and Phoebe Putney Health System are in settlement talks to resolve a bitterly disputed court battle over a $200 million hospital acquisition in southwest Georgia.
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Don't look for Intermountain Healthcare, the Utah health system widely cited for its efficiency and quality, to be among the hospitals and medical groups that are testing ACOs.
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Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an “extraordinary and drastic” restraining order on the...
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Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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In 2010, Phoebe Putney Health System agreed to write a $195 million check to buy its smaller crosstown competitor in southwest Georgia, a facility with just over 100 beds.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could jeopardize a $200 million hospital acquisition involving Phoebe Putney Health System in Georgia.
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Phoebe Putney Health System officials are preparing to head back into federal court to defend a $200 million hospital acquisition after the U.S. Supreme Court wiped away a legal defense that had previously shielded the transaction from scrutiny.
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz is stepping down from his role as one of the top antitrust watchdogs in Washington, but observers say a change in leadership is unlikely to remove healthcare as a top priority at the agency.
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