The physicians will pay a total of $8.2 million for a 10 percent ownership stake in a deal that is expected to improve cash flow by aligning the physicians more closely with the hospital.
The hospital’s current owner, Health Management Associates, a for-profit hospital network in Naples, Fla., has launched at least eight such joint ventures since 2007 in Alabama, West Virginia, South Carolina and other southern states.
Read the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal’s report on the Lancaster Regional joint venture.
