Bill introduced to add employment, pension, community impact review to Lifespan-CNE merger pbn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pbn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The acclaim: That after years of failed efforts, Rhode Island would finally have an integrated, academic-based health system supporting world-class care and research.
The concern: That such a system could result in layoffs and also prove costly to consumers and insurers, as has happened elsewhere in the United States with mergers.
Sen. Joshua Miller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, falls in the latter camp.
In an email, Miller cited the experience of Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare, which merged two major hospital systems, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s. The combined system is now called Mass General Brigham.
Brown, Lifespan, Care New England to Create Integrated Academic Health System insurancenewsnet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insurancenewsnet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lifespan & Care New England sign agreement to merge and create an integrated health system abc6.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc6.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.