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Yale-New Haven Eyes Bristol Hospital Takeover

The future of Bristol Hospital is as part of a large network, CEO Kurt Barwis believes. The small community hospital is in talks to be acquired by Tenet Healthcare, a national for-profit hospital chain partnered with the Yale New Haven Health System, a move that Barwis says would help Bristol Hospital adapt to the rapidly changing demands of health care.

But that vision of the hospital’s future relies in part on the legislature: With the strong encouragement of organized labor, legislators will make expanding the regulatory oversight needed for changes in hospital ownership a top priority this year.

All but one of Connecticut’s hospitals are nonprofit, and Tenet’s potential entrance into the market — the company has deals in the works with Bristol, Waterbury Hospital, and the parent company of Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals — has sparked intense interest and scrutiny from lawmakers.

It’s a debate that pits unions’ concerns against warnings from some in health care that the survival of hospitals could be at stake.

And critics of for-profit hospitals have leverage: a provision of state law that effectively prohibits for-profit hospitals from hiring doctors, a key part of running a health care system.

Click here to read the full story at the Connecticut Mirror.

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