Northeast Health System

Northeast Health System, a network of hospitals,[1] was formed by three upstate New York hospitals. Faced with a larger network, Northeast merged with still other hospitals;[2] the resulting network, under a new name, is twice the size of that competitor.[3]

History

Northeast Health was formed by Albany Memorial Hospital, St. Peter's Hospital and Samaritan Hospital.[4]

Controversy

'Northeast agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle charges of sharing nursing wage information with other local hospitals, to suppress increases. A followup case, against other hospitals and health systems, was for $13.6 million.[5] The New York Times had reported, following the earlier settlement, that more cases were likely to follow.

References
  1. Steven Greenhouse (March 9, 2009). "Settlement in Nurses' Antitrust Suit". New York Times.
  2. "FTC Approves Merger Between New York's St. Peter's Northeast and Seton Health". April 29, 2011.
  3. Lori Van Buren (April 29, 2011). "New era to follow health care merger". Times Union (Albany).
  4. Bethany Bump (December 31, 2019). "Albany Memorial, Samaritan Hospital merger goes into effect Wednesday: Declining admissions at Memorial prompted merger". Times Union (Albany).
  5. "St. John Health agrees to $13.6 million settlement with nurses". Crain Communications (Detroit). March 30, 2009.


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