Steward Health Care System said it entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire New England Sinai Hospital, a 212-bed long-term-care hospital located in Stoughton, Mass. FULL STORY »
The Federation of American Hospitals elected Wayne Smith, president and CEO of Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., as its new chairman of the board, effective Monday. FULL STORY »
Titles and organization affiliations for the 100 nominees in the 2012 Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare competition. FULL STORY »
Public officials in Miami have missed a key contract deadline and potentially torpedoed a $1.1 billion offer to purchase the publicly run Jackson Health Care System and take its $500 million in liabilities off taxpayers' books. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | February 28, 2011
| Print Magazine
For-profit healthcare opened another major inroad into the not-for-profit world last week with private-equity-backed Steward Health Care System, Boston, offering to buy Miami's publicly run Jackson Health in a transaction worth at least $1.1 billion. FULL STORY »
Jackson Health System, the financially struggling public health system in Miami, has received word that private-equity backed Steward Health Care System is interested in acquiring the 1,765-bed system. FULL STORY »
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