Healthtrust, Inc.The Hospital Company; Proposed Consent Agreement With Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Résumé

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would require, among other things, a Tennessee-based corporation that provides acute care hospital services to divest Holy Cross Hospital of Salt Lake City to a Commission approved acquirer; to complete the divestiture within six months of the date of the order; and to consent to the appointment of a trustee, if the divestiture is not completed within six months. In addition, the proposed consent agreement would require the respondent to obtain prior Commission approval, for ten years, before purchasing any acute care hospital or any hospital, medical or surgical diagnostic or treatment service or facility in the Utah counties of Weber, Davis, and Salt Lake.