Mergers & Acquisitions
Piedmont, with five hospitals in its network, is gaining a 97-bed nonprofit hospital that has plans underway to expand its emergency department.
The deal would add two new affiliated hospitals to Northwestern, one of the largest systems in the region.
Smaller practices that may not have the capital to invest in systems and staff to manage the coding change may seek out mergers, joint ventures or other partnerships.
Children's & Women's Physicians of Westchester has 276 doctors in 57 locations throughout Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
According to Irving Levin Associates, the bump could be due to a just-released proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to raise the payment rate for inpatient psychiatric facilities.
Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare in the Bay Area of California.
The Utah health systems said it will take full ownership of Amerinet, which serves 83,000 members.
LifePoint Health, which just this week renamed itself from LifePoint Hospitals, said it will hold an 80 percent stake in the hospital while the remaining 20 percent will be held by the Watertown community.
Company says the technology acquired from LaClaro will enhance the analytics and workflow management tools offered in its service for ambulatory surgery centers.
Organizational differences were just too difficult to bridge, executives say, ending what would have been Boston's only merger since 1994.