Worcester Medicine Publishes “The Future of Community Hospitals in Massachusetts”

By Peter J. Martin  •  June 2, 2016

The Worcester District Medical Society published “The Future of Community Hospitals in Massachusetts” by Peter Martin in the May/June 2016 edition of its quarterly publication, Worcester Medicine, discussing the ongoing trend of community hospitals and health centers into larger, higher-cost healthcare networks. Although providers, patients and payors might work together to strengthen the position of local healthcare centers, an increase in collaboration among community hospitals and other care organizations, and the lightening of regulations surrounding such collaboration, may present a more realistic option for competing with large, expensive healthcare networks in the near future.

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