Court Holds Joint Collaboration Relationship Between Two Hospitals Per Se Illegal
A recent decision rendered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York is likely to lead many health and hospital systems to restructure and review joint operating and joint collaboration agreements that they have entered into over the past several years. The decision, in State of New York v. St. Francis Hospital, Vassar Brothers Hospital and Mid-Hudson Health, is likely to have a particularly large impact in smaller and mid-size communities.
