U.S. District Court Rules In Favor Of LCMC Health & Tulane University Acquisition 

The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled that LCMC Health can continue to pursue its proposed acquisition of three Tulane University hospitals from HCA Healthcare. The transaction is valued at $150 million.;;

The judge ruled the transaction, first announced in October 2022, can now be made without federal review. The suit was focused on certificates of public advantage (COPAs), which are a tool states have used in an effort to shield health care mergers from federal antitrust scrutiny, in exchange for extended state oversight. In the LCMC case, the FTC challenged the COPA . . .