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Article published October 26, 2009

Hospitals' $200M conundrum

By Crain's New York Business

Posted: October 26, 2009 - 12:01 am ET

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After Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year, his surgeons first operated and then sent him off for proton-beam treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. He could have gotten this cutting-edge care at any one of seven facilities, including locations in Oklahoma City, Houston and Jacksonville, Fla.—but not in New York.

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