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FTC Abandons Appeal of Philadelphia Hospital Merger, Allowing Jefferson and Einstein to Proceed with Creation of 18-Hospital System Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Back in December, we wrote about a district court ruling rejecting the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) motion to enjoin the proposed combination of Thomas Jefferson University (“TJU”) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (“Einstein”) that would create an 18-hospital system in the Philadelphia area. The FTC and the Pennsylvania Attorney General had alleged the merger would lead to TJU/Einstein controlling at least 60% of the inpatient GAC hospital services market in a portion of Philadelphia. Following the district court decision, the FTC quickly appealed to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal. Days later, a three-judge panel denied the government’s motion without comment.
The man charged earlier this month in the 2016 killing a Pine Grove Mills woman was brought back to Pennsylvania this weekend and is being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility.
Kowalski was arraigned on Saturday morning before District Judge Casey McClain, who denied bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 8.
Tuggy was found dead by friends who came to check on her after she failed to meet them. Her murder baffled family and friends, who could not imagine who would want to harm her.
A years-long investigation by Ferguson Township police was joined in 2019 by the attorney general’s office. It eventually led to Kowalski, who was described in a criminal complaint as a former co-worker of Tuggy’s who had developed a friendship with her.
Jefferson-Einstein merger moves forward as FTC steps aside
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The Federal Trade Commission will not appeal a federal judge s dismissal of its lawsuit that sought to block the Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network merger, regulators told the Pennsylvania health systems Friday.
The FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro claimed that the transaction would stifle competition and likely lead to price increases after the combined entity controls 60% of the North Philadelphia acute-care market. But regulators didn t make a compelling case that insurers wouldn t be able to find viable substitutes for the merged system and thus would have to submit to higher reimbursement rate mandates, U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Pappert wrote.
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Pennsylvania DA pleads not guilty to sex charges: How Bradford County and community react
Some people are calling for Chad Salsman to resign and others are waiting for his case to play out in court as he faces multiple sex crime charges.
Elmira Star-Gazette
Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman pleaded not guilty Monday to all criminal charges against him tied to alleged sexual abuses against female clients while he was in private practice.
In the weeks since charges against Salsman, 44, were announced they include multiple counts of sexual assault, intimidation of a witness or victim, obstruction of justice, and prostitution the case spurred a spectrum of responses in the community, from crime victim advocates calling for his resignation to fellow attorneys maintaining the judicial process should run its course.
Julie Bennett / AP
A federal grand jury has indicted the former administrator of a local nursing home, alleging that the administrator directed employees to over-report their work hours in order to satisfy federal staffing requirements.
Susan Gilbert carried out the alleged fraud at the Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center between October 2018 and February 2020, according to statements from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
“These crimes put facility residents at risk by only providing a dangerously low amount of nursing staff just before COVID began to surge across the country,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in the statements.