Three New York hospitals to see ownership change
Westchester Medical Center Health Network and Bon Secours Mercy Health operated the facilities in a joint venture for a decade. Westchester will now take full ownership.
Three hospitals in southern New York are going to see a change in ownership.
David Lubarsky, MD, president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, said taking full ownership of three New York hospitals will help provide more seamless care.
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network and Bon Secours Mercy Health announced Thursday that they are ending a decade-long joint venture in the operation of the three hospitals.
Westchester is now going to assume full ownership of the three Bon Secours Mercy hospitals in New York’s Hudson Valley: Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, N.Y.; Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, N.Y., and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, N.Y. Westchester will also take full ownership of some nursing homes in the transaction.
Bon Secours Mercy Health is a Catholic system. Moving forward, the three hospitals will no longer operate as Catholic facilities, Westchester said.
David Lubarsky, MD, president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, said taking full ownership of the hospitals will allow for more comprehensive and integrated care.
“With this new chapter we are strengthening our promise to create a healthier Hudson Valley where every family can rely on advanced care that is rooted in their community,” Lubarsky said in a news release.
“This evolution allows us to honor the original shared commitment to support community care by enhancing our ability to deliver seamless, integrated care across the Hudson Valley and build a system that meets the evolving needs of the diverse communities we serve,” said Lubarsky, who joined Westchester in February. “By fully integrating these hospitals, we are creating a stronger, more sustainable network that will serve generations to come.”
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network is based in Valhalla, N.Y., and operates nine hospitals and 60 ambulatory healthcare locations.
The health system, known as WMCHealth, says there will be no changes in operation or access to care. WMCHealth says it plans to reach out to local leaders and stakeholders to discuss the changes.
WMCHealth says it values the support of its local faith leaders. Religious symbols in the three hospitals “will be respectfully retired or relocated in consultation with Mercy and local leaders,” WMCHealth said. The hospitals will continue to provide spaces for prayer and meditation.
WMCHealth says any changes in the branding for the three hospitals and physician practices “will be made in compliance with regulatory requirements.”
Bon Secours Mercy Health and WMCHealth first established the joint venture over the three hospitals in 2015.
One of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States, Bon Secours Mercy Health operates 50 hospitals in several states.
New York has seen some noteworthy hospital transactions in the past year.
Northwell Health completed the acquisition of Nuvance Health in May to form a combined system with 28 hospitals and $22.6 billion in revenue. Nuvance operates seven hospitals in western Connecticut and New York’s Hudson Valley.
Two central New York systems, Arnot Health and Cayuga Health, completed their merger in January. The combined organization is now known as Centralus Health.
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