Yale New Haven Health announced Thursday it will buy hospitals in Manchester, Rockville and Waterbury, two medical groups and a visiting nurse service, prompting warnings of greater health care consol.
The cost difference between an emergency room visit for routine care that did not require hospitalization and an urgent care visit is more than 80%, Hartford HealthCare said.
Last month, St. Francis Hospital sued Hartford Healthcare in federal court, accusing it of jeopardizing competition and limiting consumer choice by siphoning off doctors and seeking a monopoly of physician practices.