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FTC finalizes order for Ascension to divest surgery centers in $3.9bn deal

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Kevin Kinsella

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The consent order mandates divestitures across five metro areas after regulators concluded the acquisition would reduce competition for key outpatient surgical services.

A consent order requiring Ascension Health Alliance to divest seven AmSurg ambulatory surgery centers as a condition of its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg LLC has been finalized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

In June settlement documents, the FTC said the divestitures are necessary to preserve competition for

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