Capital Finance
Daughters of Charity says it has "difficult decisions" ahead as terms placed by attorney general on the deal sink acquisition plans.
The Advisory Board study found smaller campaigns have the added benefit of retaining staff, due to less burnout and lower turnover rates.
The acquisition includes existing therapy provider TheraTrust and a corporate office located in Ohio that will be maintained as a regional headquarters.
Under current conditions, operating loss for the five hospitals studied would be $190 million in 2019, according to Navigant Consulting.
The move joins Samaritan Hospital's 55-bed acute-care, inpatient facility to University Hospital's integrated network of 15 hospitals.
Monetary terms, or reasons for the sale, were not disclosed.
Improving economy helps more low-income patients pay their balances in states that did not expand under Obamacare.
Cordis had $780 million in sales in 2014, with about 70 percent coming from outside the U.S.
The health system said in a statement that it was never able to turn a profit on the $30 million acquisition of South Hampton Hospital in 2012.
Prebys Cardiovascular Institute on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla included state-of-the-art upgrades.