After a judge approved the sale of bankrupt Landmark to Prime in October, regulators requested additional information before final approval of the deal. In a letter penned by regulators to the hospital entities, Prime submitted 1,400 additional pages, too many to be processed within the 10-day statutory window, and failed to answer regulators’ questions, according to the report.
Prime and Landmark officials have until April 19 to submit an improved application.
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