Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic finalized the merger between the two entities Monday after a Federal Trade Commission review.
The merger between the Harbin Clinic multi-specialty physician group and Atrium Health Floyd, part of the North Carolina-based Advocate Health system, has been in the works over the past year and a half.
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