By Henry Dubroff / Saturday, June 29th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Institutional mergers will be the name of the game under ObamaCare
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The two largest health care providers in Santa Barbara are in talks to merge just weeks after the city’s only free clinic system said it may shut down, potentially marking the emergence of a dominant market player with unprecedented power in price negotiations with private insurers and the government. Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System Read More →
Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System, already the largest health care providers on the South Coast, plan to merge. The two organizations said June 18 that they are exploring options to combine the two organizations, which each employ thousands of people and see tens of thousands of patients a year. The deal would combine Cottage Read More →
After an urgent call for funding from the community two weeks ago, the nonprofit Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics said it has received more than $50,000 from community groups and philanthropists. At a press briefing on May 22, the group said it was in a “financial emergency” and would have to close its doors by the Read More →
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The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2013 class of Champions in Health Care award winners. This annual special section published with the May 24 print edition. The award winners will participate in a panel discussion surrounding our 2013 theme: “Bending the Cost Curve: Partnerships for Affordable Care,” which speaks to the key elements of Affordable Care Act. The 2013 Read More →