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.
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.
Hartford HealthCare, which has expanded across Connecticut, is accused in a lawsuit of stifling competition with aggressive acquisitions of physician practices.