FTC maintains strong hospital merger record after Novant/CHS case.

The article reports on the strong hospital merger record of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after Novant Health dropped its proposed acquisition of two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems. Topics discussed include a court order to stop Novant's purchase of Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, potential impacts of the FTC's hospital merger cases, and other hospital mergers that were cancelled in 2022 after the FTC intervened.