Waterbury-based St. Mary's Hospital has signed an agreement to join a newly formed healthcare network that includes Hartford's St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and a Western Massachusetts health system, the parties announced Friday afternoon.
St. Francis Care Inc.'s approved merger with Trinity Health is a game-changer that will benefit patients, the community and employees, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center CEO Chris Dadlez said Wednesday.
The parent of Hartford's St. Francis Hospital and Yale New Haven Health's Smilow Cancer Hospital said they have finalized an oncology partnership that the two sides had been exploring since November.
As the debate over hospital funding and taxes rages on at the State Capitol, several healthcare CFOs are going on the offensive by trying to paint a clearer picture of the financial shape of Connecticut's largest healthcare systems, which have been singled out by the Malloy Administration as a ripe target for budget cuts.
Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford Springs filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy Wednesday as part of a plan to be acquired by St. Francis Care, the two sides announced.