The government ruled that the acquisitions of the two outpatient centers were illegal and anti-competitive and therefore is forcing Carilion to divest them. No buyer has been disclosed for the other center, the Center for Advanced Imaging, according to the Times report.
The purchasers of the surgical center are eight physicians with Valley Nephrology Associates, which formed a corporate entity, Fairlawn Surgery Center, in January in order to buy the surgical center.
Read The Roanoke Times‘ story on Carilion Clinic’s Center for Surgical Excellence.
