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Adding mini-hospital resolves clash between religious, secular facilities

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

As secular, for-profit hospital chains merge with rule-bound religious facilities, patients are facing restrictions on their care that they hadn’t faced before. While for-profit hospitals will perform virtually any legal medical procedure, hospitals owned by religious institutions often impose faith-based … Continue reading →

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FTC: This Merger Looks So Good, It Has To Be Illegal

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

If you’re as cynical as I am, it’s not hard to take a certain amusement in the goings-on in Toledo over the merger between an aggressive for-profit hospital chain and a suburban not-for-profit. Over the past few months, the Federal … Continue reading →

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Hospital merger mania on the rise across the U.S.

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

As I reported a few days ago, hospital mergers and acquisitions hit a historic high last year.  This is shaping up to be a pretty frenzied year for hospital M&A as well.  In fact, this may be the year that … Continue reading →

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Tenet/Community Health battle brings host of troubles

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

My oh my.  Don’t we have a pretty enough dustup going on here without the need for more schaudenfreude? Apparently not. As most of you know, Community Health Systems (CYH) made a $3.3 billion hostile takeover bid for Tenet Healthcare … Continue reading →

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