Northeast Region news and information

PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced that LifeSolutions, its not-for-profit organization that specializes in employee assistance programs, has acquired Erie, Pa.-based Northwest Beacon EAP. Though financial details of the agreement are not being released,...
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NEW YORK—Bellevue Hospital Center in New York announced it has started to admit patients again after damage from superstorm Sandy in October forced the hospital to evacuate more than 700 patients and close. The hospital is one of two owned by New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
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North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is facing a widening legal battle over allegations that it failed to notify hundreds of patients—including a doctor working at the system—that an identity-theft ring had stolen their unprotected confidential information.
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HARTFORD, Conn.—One of Connecticut's largest hospitals could be the first hospital to join Ascension Health Care Network, a private equity-backed effort to launch a for-profit Catholic health system. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, signed an exclusive letter of...
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The CMS denied New York state's request for emergency cash relief for healthcare providers that lost revenue or saw expenses soar as superstorm Sandy forced the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes.
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PORTLAND, Maine—Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mercy Hospital, a 168-bed hospital in Portland, that is part of Catholic Health East. As part of the deal, EMHS will acquire Mercy and its service units, including VNA Home Health & Hospice in...
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NYU Langone Medical Center, the badly battered 806-bed facility that was shuttered by superstorm Sandy, resumed many of its operations Dec. 27, but its emergency room will remain closed and will continue routing patients to other facilities.
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BERLIN, Vt.—Vermont plans to break ground this week on a 25-bed psychiatric hospital in Berlin that will serve as a replacement for a state psychiatric hospital that was closed after sustaining damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The state has fast-tracked plans to build the...
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NEW YORK—Bellevue Hospital Center, one of two New York City-owned hospitals that remain closed because of damage from superstorm Sandy, resumed some ambulatory services Nov. 19. The hospital's emergency room is expected to open in mid-December after power is restored, but the ER will...
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TOWSON, Md.—Catholic Health Initiatives would exit Maryland under a deal moving forward to sell St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson to the University of Maryland Medical System. The parties announced in March they had entered exclusive negotiations and last week said they had sought...
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