Haven't we met before? Don't call it a merger--a spate of new joint operating agreements may spark '90s deja vu, but it's different now, executives say
Blesch, G.
Modern Healthcare 37(28): 6-7 16 1
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 17821842 Document Number: 607568
While a legal ruling in 2000 put a damper on joint operating agreements, hospital officials are again testing the waters. Systems or hospitals in Georgia, Maine, New York and Wisconsin are all looking at some kind of cooperation. "There are a lot more conversations occurring again between organizations, between health systems," says William Petasnick, left. "Some of this is a reflection of times changing again."